ISSN 0958-2142 COMMUNICATION MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH DX CLUB JUNE 2019 EDITION 535

EDITOR CHRISSY BRAND [email protected] TREASURER DAVE KENNY [email protected] SECRETARY ANDREW TETT [email protected] PRINTING ALAN PENNINGTON [email protected] SOCIAL MEDIA STEPHEN HOWIE [email protected]

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Contents

2-3 News from HQ 18 -19 QSL Report 35 Beyond the Horizon 4-5 Open to Discussion 20 -21 Meyerton Fa lls Silent 35 Propagation 6-8 Help Desk 22 -27 Bolivian Mining Radio 36 -39 MW Logbook 9 Webwatch 28 Mining Radio Today 40 -42 Tropical Logbook 10 -13 Listening Post 29 -30 UK News 43 -51 HF Logbook 14 -15 Country Music is Coming 31 -32 Mediumwave Report 52-54 Alternative Airwaves 16 -17 S. European Report 32 -34 DX News 55 Contributors

News From H.Q.

Welcome to the June issue.

We have a new date to add to your summer diary - the annual BDXC meeting in Twickenham will take place on Saturday 10 August. Thanks to Stephen Howie for organising this year’s gathering. Don’t forget the other big events coming up this summer - the BDXC FM gathering in Dorset on Saturday 6 July and the EDXC Conference in Andorra from 6 to 9 September. This will include a visit to Radio Valira on Friday 6 and Radio Andorra on Saturday 7 September. See DX Diary for more details of all of these.

This month, am ongst a wide range of articles we have a fascinating feature about Bolivian mining radio stations, written by Martin Butera. Some of these used to be heard around the world on short wave, although just three remain and they a re now online and on FM or MW.

Please note postal contributions for the next issue should be send to the Caversham address,

Good listening from the BDXC Board, Alan, Andrew, Chris, Chrissy, Dave & Stephen

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Publications

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Front cover: Lee de Forest, 1873 -1961, was an American inventor with over 180 patents who described himself as the ‘Father of Radio’. This is R adio Free Asia ’s 70th QSL design and will be use used to confirm all valid reception reports received by RFA between May – August 2019. Reports can be sent by email to [email protected] or by postal mail to: Reception Reports, Radio Free Asia , 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20036, USA

2 DX Diary

Thursday 21 June: BBC World Service annual mid -winter broadcast to British Antarctic Survey to BAS staff working in Antarctica on midwinter's day in Antarctica. The schedule in 2018 was 2130-2200 UTC on 5985-Woofferton(UK), 7360 -Ascension Island, 9890 -Woofferton.

Saturday 6 July: Dorset DX Gathering - at Durlston Country Park near Swanage, BH19 2JL. An opportunity to meet fellow members at an FM DX hotspot in the county. Nearby cafe/restaurant wi th superb views over Stu dland Bay. Details [email protected]

Saturday 27 July: Reading DX meeting - Reading International Radio Group 1430-1700 in Room 3, Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC), 35 -39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS. For details email Mike Barraclough [email protected]

Saturday 10 August: Twickenham Summer Meeting at the Barmy Arms , The Embankment, Twickenham TW1 3DU from 1530 BST. All members welcome to join us for this informal afternoon by the River Thames. Depending on the weather, we hope to take up one of the large tables on the outdoor terrace in front of the pub. If the weat her is poor, or if the terrace is too busy, look for us indoors in the side annex of the pub. We are always easy to spot - with copies of Communication, other radio magazines and, occasionally, radio sets on the tables. Not to mention a topical t-shirt or two! Optional evening meal in a nearby Indian restaurant from 1900 BST. Further info [email protected]

Friday 6 - Monday 9 September : European DX Council Conference 2019 in Andorra. If demand is high enough there will b e an EDXC coach leaving Toulouse on Thursday 5 September at around 1700 local time, to arrive in Andorra about 4 hours later. Email [email protected] if you wish to reserve a place on the coach.

There wil l be a visit to Radio Val ira in Andorra on the morning of Friday 6 September. Conference registration will take place in the afternoon and the conference sessions will begin that evening. There will also be a visit to Radio Andorra on the Saturday. A coach will depart Andorra on Sunday afternoon for Toulouse and there will be a day of sightseeing in Toulouse on Monday 9 September.

Updates and other information at https://edxcnews.wordpress.com

For other events see the club website www.bdxc.org.uk and http://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies

New Members

Welcome to the following new (and re turning) members: 1389 Paul Rudd, Dundee 2593 Dimitrios Valaris (M0SUY), Gateshead 2594 Akinory Shibata, Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan 2595 Anthony Wake, Barnsley

Member ’s Advertisement WANTED Vega 209, Vega 208, Vega 206 - must be in working condition; also Larkspur R210 - tuning filmscale must be intact. Contact John Evans (Tel 07732 030214 or email [email protected]

3 Open To Discussion With David Morris - [email protected]

The sunshine has been booked for Saturday, 6 th July when we are all meeting at Durlston Country Park, near Swanage, BH19 2JL. This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow enthusiasts in superb surroundings, and while we talk and play radio your family can go and discover the Globe, Tilly Whim caves, the lighthouse, dolphins, clifftop walks and fantastic views overlooking Poole Bay and the English Channel. There is an excellent café / restaurant in Durlston Castle.

Come along any time after about 1030 and find the dark grey VW Tiguan in the top car park. The only charge for the day is the cost of car parking.

As this is an elevated site, be warned that the path from the car park to the restaurant is steep. Bring your radios and your aerials and hear what an interference free location can do to your listening!

Any questions? [email protected] before the day, or 07860 249065 on 6 th July.

When you go to Amsterdam what is the premier tourist attraction?

No, not Anne Frank’s House or the Science Museum. The ship of Radio Veronica from 1964 until closedown on 31 st August, 1974 claims first prize!

On the north side of the harbour the mv Norderney is now in retirement. Whilst the aerial masts remain in situ the boat is now used as a nightclub and on a very sunny Sunday afternoon there was no way of going on board this icon of offshore radio broadcasting history. I am so pleased to have seen Veronica!

Thank you to MIKE TERRY from Bournemouth who has sent OTD this information: “AJ Beirens was formerly of RNI, Radio Atlantis and many other stations. He has continued to write his very interesting blog which now has 34 chapters. The blog is entitled ‘Getting High on Radio’. You will find it at http://highonradio.blogspot.com

There is information about AJ at The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame:

‘AJ Beirens was born in Brugge, Belgium in 1947, AJ was employed by Townsend Thoresen at their ferry terminal at Zeebrugge. A radio fan, he was very useful to the owners of Radio Northsea International. Based in Zurich, they could only hear their station on short wave but, if that transmitter was off the air, they did not know what was going on.

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AJ would keep them informed by telex from his office. They came to rely on him. AJ suggested that the station should include a programme for DX-ers. It turned out that one of the owners, Edwin Bollier, was an enthusiastic DX-er himself and liked the idea. He asked AJ to present and produce the show. The first Northsea Goes DX was transmitted on 21st September 1970. From March 1973, he also presented a magazine programme Our World in Action. Both shows were only broadcast on the station's short wave outlets...’ http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djs7b.htm

Mike concludes “I well remember his RNI DX programme, for me it was essential listening”. Your OTD Editor mirrors that remark and North Sea Goes DX was the radio highlight of the month when that programme was broadcast on Sunday mornings. I still have the cassette tape recordings of some of them . . .

STEFAN WORONIECKI says “RTE's majestic long-wave radio mast on the front cover of the May edition of Communication reminded me of a more local one. Up the road from me (Horsham) we have Crawley Hospital Radio, one watt ERP on 1287 kHz. A bit less power here! I am attaching a photograph - you can see it towering (just about) over the vegetation and cars where it sits in the back car park of Crawley hospital”.

Stefan’s son lives in St Leonard’s on Sea which is on the Sussex coast overlooking the English Channel and France. Stefan comments about the number of French stations he can hear when he is visiting and wonders if this is normal for DXers who are near the coast.

From home overlooking Poole Harbour, your OTD editor can hear stations in Cherbourg very clearly most days eg Courtoisie on 87.8 and France Bleu Cotentin on 100.7. A very regular station from the Channel Islands is Island FM on 104.7.

Come to Durlston on 6 th July and hear the difference!

Many DXers are also stamp collectors or Philatelists.

When viewing a French Colonies stamp packet recently this first day cover for the inauguration of the Radio Comores transmitter on Dzaoudzi was found.

Who remembers hearing this station on 7260 kHz?

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Help Desk with Tony Rogers - [email protected]

Welcome to this month's "Help Desk", with a question from David Harris and one posted to the BDXC News list from Tony Wake, along with several replies to Tony's question.

0619a - Scanners

David Harris asks: I am looking at replacing my Realistic PRO 2042 desktop scanner. It covers 25 MHz - 520 MHz & 760 MHz - 1300 MHz and has 1000 memories. I am looking for a desktop scanner with similar capabilities. Is it worth paying for a new scanner that can resolve digital modes?

0619b - Noise cancelling

New member Tony Wake recently posted an interesting question on the BDXC News list about noise cancelling, which prompted some equally interesting answers. Tony asked: Has anyone any experience with the BHI DSP noise cancellers? As I understand it they work differently to the ones such as MFJ. The BHI cancellers fit between the receiver and the headphones or speaker unlike the MFJ ones which fit between the antenna and the receiver also requiring a second antenna. I live in a bungalow surrounded by other properties (close) so am plagued with lots of different interference. I have a long wire antenna (40 metres) which goes round the garden on top of a six foot high fence. This is the best I can do antenna wise due to the other properties. The antenna does give good reception but it is spoiled by interference. I would appreciate any comments.

And following on from Tony's question, here are the replies posted to the News list in the order that they were received:

Mike Usher : The BHIs work in a very different way to the MFJ1025 and 1026. The idea with them is to phase out noise before it reaches your receiver. If it works it is the ideal solution. The BHIs process the sound already in your receiver digitally. Consequently whilst this will reduce noise and improve SNR, it also means some sounds that you might want listen to such as music will be treated as noise and will be largely removed. So if you mainly listen to just amateur radio and speech, the BHI might be fine. But phasing out the noise using a second antenna via an MFJ or other phaser will be a better solution.

John Hammett : I have the BHI DSP which I use exclusively with my AOR 7030, homebrew MW Loop and Wellbrook 1530 for MW DXing. As the 7030 doesn’t have any form of noise control it works well but very much as Mike describes. My SWLing is done with an Icom R75 & 81’ long wire, the R75 has a built in DSP and noise blanker. On the odd occasion however the local noise still breaks through. To overcome this I use the Wimo QRM Eliminator (same principle as the MFJs) which requires a much shorter secondary ‘noise’ antenna, I usually use my 6 metre dipole as the secondary. Nulling the noise was a bit tricky for the first few attempts, but I soon got used to it and it works extremely well. I think the Wimo is quite a bit cheaper than the MFJs, also maybe try looking on eBay for QRM eliminators, as there are some East European versions available.

Chris McWhinnie : There are a few things to try, in increasing order of expense:

Earth your receiver's earth terminal to a central heating water piper or nearby mains water pipe or an Earth stake. Not a gas pipe! A jubilee clip will hold a wire to an exposed metal pipe nicely, making good contact.

6 Try running a coax cable (50 or 75 ohm) out of your house and then join the centre conductor to the antenna further from the house. Earth the outer shield of the coax at the receiver. Flat balanced ribbon cable can be effective too but is pricier.

Try looping the antenna around the fence and taking it back to the coax screen and/or receiver Earth. This often drops noise more than signal.

Try an active (with amplifier) antenna further away from the house. Probably a small loop is better but a whip is cheaper. I have a Wellbrook: it can be rotated for (hopefully) a null in the noise. If desperate, turning it horizontal near the ground should exhibit a larger reduction in noise than signal. (I find two old plastic chairs hold a loop nicely horizontally). Decorative it isn’t.

A passive and shielded or magnetic loop - preferably outdoors or in a shed (many circuits online) can be effective but they really need to be tuned to the frequency of interest. Limited use if you listen to a wide range of bands.

A tuneable loop for LW and MW can be very effective. Wound on a cardboard box for rotating or fixed with four nails in a window frame works well.

A vertical antenna run up the side or inside of a telescopic fibreglass pole can be useful. Larger ones need guying and you need to run a few Earth wires on the ground. This isn’t one for awkward neighbours, partners, children. They can be quite noisy but respond well with noise cancellation techniques.

An antenna noise canceller such as the MFJ 1025/6 or Timewave ANC-4 needs a good antenna which is suffering from noise - probably outdoors - and a noise antenna with even more noise - probably in the home. These are fiddly units and I find different antenna combinations work better on different bands and on signals from a low angle or high angle. They can, however, with lots of experimentation, be very effective. Certainly try different noise antenna positions and different main antennas.

Yes you can try baluns transformers and antenna tuning units to match your antenna better to the receiver but it’s easy to be too purist, receivers don’t need an exact match and often such accessories don’t reduce the noise at all.

Noise blankers and audio bandwidth processors are growing increasingly sophisticated but it’s better to stop the interference getting to the radio in the first place.

I hope that helps you decide on some experiments to prioritise.

Graham Bedwell : I certainly take on board an active aerial noise canceller is better than a retro system, but I have never got one working! I have used the original BHINEIM 1031 noise eliminator for many years (which was an updated FOC by BHI) with an FT900 for amateur radio operation. On the strength of the performance of the NEIM 1031, I purchased another for BC listening linked to my ancient R70.

On the 80 metre bands the unit drops the noise floor hash by about 3S points by ear. The matching BHI loudspeaker I found lacked HF for my poor hearing and found an ex-PMR General Electric speaker which suited me a lot better. I now use hearing aids.

Antenna wise, I use a bottom of the garden receiving aerial as far away from the fizzing overhead phone lines as possible. Received signals are down but noise a lot, lot less. Some junk sale ex- 75 ohm TV coax bring the signals to the shack via a 2:1 step down ferrite ring transformer with a

7 local earth with a counterpoise for the aerial about 5 or 7 turns on the secondary, but the coax is only earthed at the shack end.

Mike Usher : Getting a phasing set up to work properly is almost an exact science. My initial experience with my phasers involved using it with a conventional radio. The results were OK but hardly worth cracking open the champagne. But when I started using them with an SDR the MFJ and my other phasers came into their own. This is because viewing the two signals graphically makes it so much easier to match the signal strength on both antennas. As you know getting this right is pretty much critical to getting the system to work. Having said that Graham your set sounds excellent. I just wish I had the space.

Tony Wake : Thanks everyone. You have been very helpful and it is most appreciated. I have a lot to think about now and am looking forward to that. I have learnt a lot already from your replies and am most grateful.

Thank you for an excellent question, Tony! And of course if anyone has anything to add then please send your comments to "Help Desk" for inclusion next time.

And to finish this month's "Help Desk", Nick Ward comments (0319a): I've finally got around to finding a world map. It is all thanks to the advice I received in the April Communication magazine. The ns6t.net site produced a number of A4 charts with varying maximum distances. I printed out four, then laminated them in pairs back to back. Great. I was also going to purchase the 'proper job' from Waters and Stanton. I have a feeling that this would have been a good purchase? I didn't buy it as its A2 size is too much for the station. Thanks to you all, problem sorted ...

73's Tony ______

8 Webwatch Edited by Chrissy Brand - [email protected]

Alan Roe has updated his ever-useful Music Programmes on Shortwave guide. Version 2 of the PDF for the current A-19 broadcast season is at the BDXC IO Groups page. https://groups.io/g/bdxc-news

Some recent posts from Thomas Witherspoon at The SWLing Post include the National Voice of America Museum in West Chester hosting a D Day commemoration on June 6 th Other posts in the past month included photos galore from the 2019 Hamvention and Inntot Technologies’ SDR DRM+ receiver.

Also SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partridge , shared a 1947 film from the archives of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) on a national field day. Don’t forget the archive sections of The SWLing Post too, with plenty of recent and ancient off air recordings https://swling.csunday om

Mike Terry mentioned the Sunday Times Magazine Gillian Reynolds’ article on The Future of Radio, which is also online. She wrote of James Purnell, BBC Director of Radio, explaining why Sounds will ensure BBC radio’s futur e. This was at the Radio Academy conference. Gillian stated that the huge BBC Archive will enable ‘binge listening’ via the BBC Sounds app. “ Purnell believes so much in Sounds that he would welcome, he said, commercial and community radio stations onto his new platform .”

I can see how this would be akin to Joe Public’s binge watching of box sets on Netflix, Amazon Prime, 4OD and other platforms. www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/culture/gillian -reynolds-the-future-of-radio-3txtz7962

Gayle van Horn has been in tou ch with details of two new publications. The 12th edition of the Global Radio Guide e-Book (electronic book only, no print edition available) is available worldwide from Amazon and various inte rnational websites for US$8.49 at www.amazon.com/dp/B07R81NJHD

The Milcom Guide by Larry van Horn is an eBook available on Amazon for US$4.99 at www.amazon.com/dp/B07RN1ZGLJ . "If you are interested in monitoring military communications and own a scanner, shortwave radio, or have an Internet connection for web software defined radio (SDR) monitoring, the Milcom Files TSM 2017 -2018 is a must referen ce on your radio shack shelf."

John Walsh writes: T he May programme Wireless on Flirt FM (Galway) included several items of interest to UK DXers including the future of the RTÉ long wave service, a new book on Irish (pirate) radio history and Ian Biggar' s memories of one Co. Louth pirate station Boyneside Radio in the 1980s.

You c an listen back to the programme from James’ blog or via his Mixcloud channel. https://wirelessflirt.wordpress.com/2019/05/06/wireless -on-flirt-fm-programme -30/

9 Listening Post with Alan Roe [email protected]

On the evening of Friday 17 May , I once again made a full recording using my SDR radio set to record a band spread from 3850 to 9950kHz continuously from 1800-2400UTC. Some of this, later in the evening, I heard live, however having the recording has allowed me to more thoroughly review what was broadcast that evening. I’m still to review much of the recording, so here are a few highlights for the 1800-2000UT slot.

VOA Deewa Radio in Pashto was putting in a good signal 5890kHz via Biblis (and a fair-to-good signal also via Udon Thani on 7540kHz) from 1800UT. I’ve heard this station often enough, but rarely have I actually listened for any length of time.

The programme comprised some opening comments and then into a rather nice 5-minute long middle eastern song with female vocals. A presenter then took over and conducted an interview over the phone, in which the interviewee occasionally sang ‘a capella ’. The programme continued with more telephone chat and middle eastern music.

It all sounded fairly informal and not news or current affairs-orientated. It was a pleasant hour (albeit I occasionally ‘fast-forwarded’ through some of the Pashto chat). Both 5890 and 7540kHz are scheduled from 1700-1900 daily, and I’ll check back on this station more frequently in future.

All India Radio in Urdu has been heard with a great signal into the early evening on 6140kHz quite regularly for several weeks now fading-in from before 1800UT until transmission ends at 1930UT. This hour-and-a-half slot is mostly a pleasant mix of Indian music, comprising raga and classical music and also rather more upbeat film music and similar. Tonight’s programme followed this pattern. I’m rather less keen on raga and classical music, which I find to be a little hypnotic (raga in particular); however the film music is rather more enjoyable for me. Actually, I use the term “film music” as a rather generic term – I’m not sure that the tunes I hear are actually film tunes, but the term gives a sense as to the type of music. 6140kHz is scheduled from 1430- 1930 daily.

Radio Tumbril had a generally good signal with the programme Encore broadcast via Channel 292 on 6070kHz from 1900-2000UT. Encore is one of the rare programmes available on shortwave playing classical music, produced and presented by BDXC member Brice Avery.

This episode (in which all pieces were requested by listeners) started off in fine style with Dance of the Knights from Prokoviev’s Romeo & Juliet . The programme also featured two pieces requested by another BDXC member Allen Dean including The Judge from Mors et Vita by Charles Gounod. It was a very pleasant hour, and I can see that I’m going to enjoy a lot of varied classical pieces in this programme.

10 Here’s a reminder of Radio Tumbril’s schedule: 1500-1600UT Sundays and 1900-2000UT Fridays on 6070khz (via Channel 292), and 0000-0100UT Mondays on 7490kHz (via WBCQ) – and my apologies for missing the Sunday 1500 broadcast from my Music on Shortwave list in the latest Broadcasts in English booklet.

Whilst I’m sat here listening to this programme for the second time , (and taking a whole hour to type this one paragraph) it’s worth mentioning that 1500UT on Sunday now brings a clash of programmes, with Encore on 6070khz and another favourite (produced and presented by another BDXC member: Bill Tilford) From The Isle of Music on 9400khz via Spaceline, Bulgaria.

However, all is not lost: I now set my SDR with a bandwidth of 6MHz centred on 7000khz and so can record both frequencies at 1500. I then listen live to whichever has the best reception, and then subsequently to the other frequency. If either, or both, frequencies are poor on Sunday, then 6070khz at 1900UT has repeats on Tuesdays (From The Isle of Music ) and Fridays (Encore ).

Radio Thailand World Service usually puts in a good signal on 9920kHz in Thai, English and German from 1800 to 2115 (except for a 15-minute slot from 2015-2030).

I start at 1800 with a one-hour programme in Thai comprising mostly modern Thai, with some Western, music and a little chat by two female co-presenters. I guess most of the Thai songs are current chart hits. It’s a pleasant enough way to pass an hour until 1900UT when there is a one-hour programme in English.

This programme is a replay of the news hour broadcast earlier on local (I think) FM frequencies. News includes an announcement that the Thai Forest Conservation Party (who have two seats in parliament) has decided to join a political alliance led by the Palang Pracharath Party in a bid to form a coalition government.

This was followed by a news item reporting that the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will be “purchasing another 200,000 metric tonnes of palm oil for electricity generation in a bid to alleviate the price of palm oil ”, by which I assume the purpose is to push the prices of palm oil up. At a time when the use of palm oil is in the news because of the effect on the eco-system of the clearance of large areas of tropical forests, I wonder what the Thai Forest Conservation Party’s view is on this development. A few minutes later, the conservation theme continues with an announcement that various national parks will be closed until September or October will be closed to allow them to recover from damage caused by visitors.

After a couple of local adverts is a Global news segment. At twenty minutes into the programme are two promos from the PTT extolling the benefits of renewable and sustainable energies: “ we promise [that] we will protect the forests together for our life and the future. [] with fossil fuels becoming a nonrenewable resource and becoming more scarce every day, it is important to discuss renewable energy for the future. [Renewable energies] are often lower in cost, waste free and can be harvested without harm to nature. [] PTT: sustainable growth for all.” Hmm –

I’m not sure how the purchase of palm oil fits into that. Continuing this theme, a few minutes later is a report on the 2019 International Conference on Bio-Diversity about to be held in Bangkok. An interesting hour of news and comment from Thailand aimed at a local, rather than international, audience. (The transmission continues with German from 2000-2015, English news 2030-2045 and Thai news 2045-2115). 11 Radio Mali is heard on 9635khz with a good signal at 1800UT running later than scheduled and with an excellent signal with a frequency announcement in French and very clear ID “Vous écoutez Radiodiffusion T élévision du Mali ” and a little local African music followed by some talk until the transmitter cut off at 1818UT.

Two minutes later, I see a transmitter come up on 5995kHz with some African music. Reception here is markedly weaker and noisier than 9635khz had been, but I think safe to presume this to be Mali. The signal remains until 0001UT when it cuts off, and spot checks through the period show no appreciable improvement in the signal.

Voice of Turkey provides plenty of Turkish music throughout the day, throughout the various language services. At 1800UT there was an excellent signal for their Turkish service on 9460kHz and (following a news broadcast) presented 55 minutes of very enjoyable music, including (rather unexpectedly) several songs that sounded rather like tangos.

I stay with this for the through until 1900, when the tone changes and a discussion programme commences including frequent short breaks of traditional Turkish music with a single male voice and a stringed instrument. I guess that this is a programme marking Ramazan. 9460kHz is scheduled in Turkish from 1600-2100UT. Meanwhile, the English service has fair-to-good reception on 5945kHz from 1830UT (actually: from 1833UT when the transmitter fires-up midway into the news broadcast).

From 1845-1915UT is more Turkish music, interrupted by the programme Turkey’s Tourist Attractions , today featuring Mardin “the shining city of Mesopotamia ”. This five-minute programme described the geography and history of Mardin and detailed some of the many historical sights and sites that can be visited by tourists.

It was an interesting enough programme, and certainly would inspire interest as a possible tourist destination when visiting, however it was perhaps a little unimaginative and sounded a little like a Wikipedia or Wikitravel entry.

Location reports from Mardin, with input from local people and the like would have been more interesting. However, I realise that this would be an expensive and time-consuming production, so there is no complaint from me – just an observation.

These are just a few highlights of programmes that I have listened to during the 2-hour slot 1800-2000UT. I have another 4 hours still to review, but that may not be possible right now.

I’ll try and archive the 500Gb of data and perhaps I’ll come back to it another day when reception conditions are particularly poor.

12 China Radio International

Once again, China Radio International have revamped their programme schedule. A few months ago, CRI started including audio of TV programmes from CGTN. As the CRI website doesn’t include up to date programme schedules (there are several versions of old schedules still available), I attempted to compile their full 24 hour / 7 day schedule. As I was nearing completion, I noticed that some programmes had again changed, with the CGTN programmes dropped and other new programmes introduced, so I restarted the compilation.

Here is the complete CRI English Schedule, as monitored during May 2019. The CRI broadcast day runs from 1600UT, so programmes from 0000-1600UT are heard one UT day later than 1600-2400UT. All programmes are daily, unless otherwise indicated; all times and days are UTC..

1600 -05: Hourly News 0000 -05: Hourly News 0800 -05: Hourly News 1605-30: Chinese Theatre 0005-30: Selfie(MonThu, Sat ) 0805-30: Selfie(MonThu, Sat ) 1630-55: Alight on Literature My China Story ( Fri ) My China Story ( Fri ) 1655-59: Chinese Studio Beijing Calling ( Sun ) Beijing Calling ( Sun ) 0030-55: Alight on Literature 0830-55: Language Cafe 1700 -05: Hourly News 0055-59: Chinese Studio 0855-59: Chinese Studio 1705-59: Roundtable 0100-55: The Beijing Hour 0900 -05: Hourly News 1800 -05: Hourly News 0155-59: Chinese Studio 0905-59: Roundtable 1805-30: Selfie ( SunWed, Fri) 0200-05: Hourly News My China Story ( Thu ) 1000 -05: Hourly News 0205-59: Studio Plus ( Hour 1 ) Beijing Calling ( Sat ) 1005-59: Studio Plus ( Hour 1 ) 1830-55: Takeaway Chinese 0300 -05: Hourly News 1855-59: Chinese Studio 0305-59: Studio Plus ( Hour 2) 1100 -05: Hourly News 1105-59: Studio Plus ( Hour 2) 1900 -05: Hourly News 0400 -05: Hourly News 1905-59: The World Today 0405-30: Selfie(MonThu, Sat ) 1200 -05: Hourly News My China Story ( Fri ) 1205-30: Selfie(MonThu, Sat ) 2000 -05: Hourly News Beijing Calling ( Sun ) My China Story ( Fri ) 2005-30: Chinese Theatre 0430-55: Language Cafe Beijing Calling ( Sun ) 2030-55: Alight on Literature 0455-59: Chinese Studio 1230-55: Takeaway Chinese 2055-59: Chinese Studio 1255-59: Chinese Studio 0500-55: The Beijing Hour 2100 -05: Hourly News 0555-59: Chinese Studio 1300 -05: Hourly News

2105-59: Roundtable 1305-30: Chinese Theatre 0600 -05: Hourly News 1330-55: Alight on Literature 0605-30: Selfie(MonThu, Sat ) 2200 -05: Hourly News 1355-59: Chinese Studio My China Story ( Fri ) 2205-30: Takeaway Chinese Beijing Calling ( Sun ) 2230-55: Chinese Theatre 1400 -05: Hourly News 0630-55: Language Cafe 2255-59: Chinese Studio 1405-59: Roundtable 0655-59: Chinese Studio

2300 -05: Hourly News 0700-55: The Beijing Hour 1500 -05: Hourly News 2305-59: The World Today 0755-59: Chinese Studio 1505-59: The World Today

Until next month, 73’s and good SWL: Alan

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Country Music on UK Radio By David Harris [email protected]

Country music is the most popular radio format in the USA, states www.radio-locator.com . In the USA there are 2,179 country stations out of a total of over 15,000 AM and FM outlets (there is no DAB in the USA). Country stations have a 7.5% market share and are the third most listened to stations in the USA after news/talk and adult contemporary music. The UK has been very slow to recognise country music with Bob Harris Country, being the only BBC national country music programme. This show is broadcast from 1900 - 2000 local time on Thursdays on BBC Radio 2 (FM and DAB).

This situation seems to be changing with up to two Country music stations available, depending on where you live in the UK. Chris Country launched in 2013 and is available on DAB in Manchester, Liverpool, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Norwich, Suffolk, Glasgow, and London. The station is owned by Chris Steven’s Devaweb which is based at Media City, Salford. According to their website the station is: “A UK radio station that’s pretty obsessed about American country music. We love the stories, the passion, the performance and the emotion of country music. After all, it’s real musicians playing real instruments, singing about the real world.” www.chriscountry.co.uk The station claims 49,000 listeners each week.

Chris Country have now been joined by media giant Bauer who launched Country Hits Radio on 5 April 2019. https://planetradio.co.uk/country-hits This station is available on DAB in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, South Yorkshire, Lancashire, Humber, North East England, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness, and Ayr. Bauer’s dance music station Kiss Fresh was removed to make room for the new station. Bauer states that the station is aimed at 25-44 year olds. Bauer have been very active this year in buying up other radio groups including Celador, Lincs, UKRD and some Wireless Group stations. In addition to Country Hits they have also launched classical music station Scala (DAB only) and rebranded some local stations into a partial network, Greatest Hits.

Bauer are playing a very long game with station acquisitions and new format launches. I would not be surprised if they try to put Scala (a classical music DAB station) on FM at some time in the future and go head to head with Global’s Classic FM. If Country Hits takes off then that could displace one of Bauer’s FM stations in some markets.

The only other full-time country music station in the UK is Downtown Country which is on DAB in Northern Ireland. This is also a Bauer station. https://planetradio.co.uk/downtown-country Some BBC local radio stations have occasional country music programmes. These include: Scotland, Ulster, Shropshire, Lincoln, Lancashire and Norfolk. Chris Country also syndicate some shows to around 20 local stations in the UK. There are numerous internet-only country

14 stations, some of which originate from the UK and Ireland. The unofficial medium wave stations Radio Star Country 981 kHz and Radio North 846 kHz, which are mainly aimed at people living in Northern Ireland, also broadcast some country music.

Not only is country music on your radio but it is also on TV. I recently retuned my Freeview television and came across a new station, Keep it Country TV on ch. 87. It is also available on satellite channels Sky 376 and Freesat 516. Their definition of “country” seems quite liberal with the programme schedule featuring artists such as hard rock band Thin Lizzy and pop singer Neil Sedaka. The company has offices in Romford, London. Quite a lot of the content seems to come from Ireland where country music is very popular. The station launched in January 2019 and broadcasts music videos for 19 hours a day, seven days a week. www.keepitcountry.tv

Total Country is another Country Music TV station on satellite and cable only, Sky 373 and Virgin 346, which was launched in November 2018. The station has tried a number of music formats over the years and has been known as Channel U, Channel AKA and Massive R & B. Regulation of cable and satellite TV is very light in the UK and stations can easily change formats. https://tvplayer.com/watch/totalcountry

I think it is inevitable that Ofcom will eventually relinquish control of the format and content of commercial stations. It seems strange that the state wants to control the output of commercial radio stations yet we have a free press who can publish whatever they feel fit. I am the editor of a local community newspaper and have to ensure that the content of the paper is legal, truthful and decent as well as satisfying the needs of both readers and advertisers. No government agency dictates how much local news I publish or what percentage of the paper should be photographs or adverts. Why do we need state control of commercial radio?

The sudden rise of country music may be due to the fact that the market for bland pop and dance music is now saturated. In theory, more stations should mean more choice but the opposite seems to be true. In the definitive media studies textbook, “Power without Responsibility (8 th ed.)” Curran J & Seaton J. Routledge. London. 2018, the authors make the following important point, “Commercial broadcasting is based not on the sale of programmes to audiences, but on the sale of audiences to advertisers” (p 455). This means that , in order to attract advertising, broadcasters will try to win audiences by putting the same sort of programmes on any new channels.

It remains to be seen if country music radio takes off in the UK. I am not a fan myself and the offer from both Chris Country and Country Hits did seem a little bland. However, anything that moves radio away from contemporary pop and explores other genres of music must be a step in the right direction.

Ed (Chrissy Brand) adds: Country music has moved on a lot from the old style country and western music that is associated with the likes of Slim Whitman and Dolly Parton. There is a lot of positive, uplifting and egalitarian country music by new and up and coming artists as well as huge artists that most of us in Europe might not have heard of. Take a listen to US-based UK radio presenters Gabby Sanderson's Straight Outta Nashville programme, with co-presenter Zac.

I am a big fan of what the musical genre termed Americana (I'd describe it as edgier, more serious country music), with younger artists such as Sarah Jarosz and Lera Lynn being well- established. They and others of their ilk were showcased regularly on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion show and its successor, Chris Thiles' Live From Here . Some radio shows also cover bluegrass. It could be an exciting diversion from the mainstream UK radio output, as David says, and it will be interesting to hear what Chris Country and others evolve into. UK sisters Ward Thomas have adapted the American country music roots sound and are regularly heard on BBC Radio 2; Swedish sisters First Aid Kit also appeal to an international audience.

15 Southern European Report with Stefano Valianti

Concluding a look at DAB from the April issue . DAB brought new genres of music to Italian dials. Substantial jazz is available 24/7 on Jazz 24, an American station which is relayed by the DAB Italia mux. Before DAB, only highly progressive, experimental - and sometimes, quite frankly, unlistenable - jazz sessions could be found on RAI Radio 3, but we had no way to listen to such artists as Duke Ellington or Miles Davis, to name just two.

DAB also solved the half century old shortage of classical music, dating back to the 70s reorganization of RAI radio, when Radio 3 culture and information programmes began to take up a large part of the daily schedule (the 6 to 12 slot is devoted to inform ation, press review and current affairs, 2 to 7 p.m. to culture, books, literature).

Now Radio Classica is nonstop classical recorded music, while Radio 3 musical component is made up of live concerts, operas and, as said, jazz. To wrap things up, I've c ompiled the following summary list, according to sole or prevailing programme content.

News RAI Radio 1 (FM/DAB/MW 657/900/936) - Radio 24/Radio 24+1 (FM/DAB) Political and Parliamentary RAI GR Parlamento (FM/DAB) -Radio Radicale(FM/DAB)-Radio Padania(DAB) Local (sports) Radio Bologna Uno-Radio Nettuno (both FM)

Local (pop music) Ciao Radio-Radio International -Radio Bruno-Punto Radio-Radio San Luchino - Radio Gamma-Radio PaneBurroMarmellata (all FM)

Local (alternative) Radio Città del Capo(FM)-Radio Città Fujiko(FM)-Radio Spore(MW 1359) Jazz Jazz 24 (USA,DAB) Classical music RAI Radio Classica (DAB)

All Italian pop music Radio Italia (FM/DAB)-RAI Radio Tutta Italiana(DAB + night-time relay by GR

16 Parlamento)-Radio Lattemiele(FM)-Radio Zeta(FM/DAB) Culture, classical music RAI Radio 3 (FM/DAB) Pop music RAI Radio 2-Radio Monte Carlo-R101-RTL 102.5-Radio KissKiss-Radio Deejay-Radio 105-RDS (all FM/DAB) Rock music Virgin Radio-Radio Freccia (both FM/DAB) Generalist Radio Diffusione Europea (MW 819/1584)- Radio Capodistria(Slovenia,MW 1170) Classic rock and current affairs Radio Capital (FM/DAB)

Traffic information RAI Isoradio(FM/DAB)-RTL News ViaRadio Digital(DAB) Nonstop oldies and evergreens Media Radio Castellana (MW 711/1098)- Radio Birikina (FM)-RTL Best (DAB)- KC3(USA,DAB) Sports RAI Radio 1 Sport (DAB)-Radio Sportiva(FM)-Monte Carlo Sport(FM) Religion, information, music Radio Vaticana Italia (DAB)-Voce della Speranza(FM)-Radio Evangelo(FM)-Radio Maria (FM/DAB)-Radio Maria Albania (DAB)

Disco, hip hop, R'n'B, rap Radio Capital Funky Town (DAB)- M2O(FM/DAB)-M2O Dance (DAB)-Radio Italia Rap(DAB)-RTL Bro&Sis (DAB)-RTL Groove(DAB)-Maxxima (Switzerland, DAB)

Lounge, easy listening RDS Relax-RTL Radio Doc-RTL Romeo & Juliet (all DAB) Current hits Deejay 30 Songs-Radio Subasio XL (both DAB) Children’s programmes RAI Radio Kids (DAB) Archive programmes RAI Radio Techetè-RTL 102.5 Rewind (both DAB) Independent music RAI Radio 2 Indie (DAB) Live rock and pop, information RAI Radio Live (DAB)

17 QSL Report edited by Dario Gabrielli [email protected] Dario Gabrielli, Viale della Resistenza 33b, IT- 30031 Dolo (Ve) Italy

China ::Xizang PBS 4820 khz Chinese programme QSL received in 161 days from Holy Tibet for report sent by snail mail to Xizang PBS,41 Beijing Zhonglu, Lhasa Xizang 850000 (JA)

Finland : SWR Finland 11720 kHz. e-QSL received in 11 days for report sent to: [email protected] (RC)

France Radio Taiwan Int . (relay Issoudun) 9680 kHz. QSL in 12 days. Report in French sent to: [email protected] (CG)

Germany : Atlantic 2000 International (relay Rohrbach) 6070 kHz e-QSL in 4 days. Report in French sent to: [email protected] (CG)

Easy Listening (relay Rohrbach) 6070 kHz QSL in 14 days. Report in English sent to: [email protected] (CG)

Easy Listening 6070 khz German Programme. QSL received in 7 days for report sent via e-mail to: [email protected] (JA)

Radio Slovakia International 3985 khz French Programme. QSL received in 11 days for report sent via e-mail to: [email protected] (JA)

Radio Slovaquie Int . (relay Kall Krekel) 3985 kHz QSL in 12 days. Report in French sent to: [email protected] (CG)

Radio For Peace Int . (relay Rohrbach) 6070 QSL in 10 days. Report in French sent to: [email protected] (CG)

Hungary :Magyar Radio 1116 khz (Miskolc) Hungarian Programme. QSL received in 194 days from Ivan Kovacs Technical Department for report sent via e-mail to [email protected] (JA)

Madagascar : AWR/Adventist World Radio 17730 khz English Programme. QSL received for report sent via e-mail to: [email protected] (JA) (Above Radio For Peace Int via Germany QSL received by CG)

Mali China Radio Int. (French service) 17880 kHz QSL in 56 days. Report in French sent to: [email protected] (CG)

Monaco Radio Yacht DAB+ 225.648 MHz. QSL card in 25 days. Report in Italian via the station’s Facebook page. (CG)

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Romania :Radio Romania International 7325 khz QSL received in 153 days for report sent via e- mail to: [email protected] (JA)

Radio Roumanie Int . (French service) 11780 kHz. QSL in 140 days. Report in French sent to: [email protected] (CG)

Sao Tome Voice of America, Pinheira 1530 kHz. E-QSL in 5 days. Report in English sent to: [email protected] (CG)

Sweden : Radio Nord , 6035 kHz. Yellow Radio Nord QSL received in 6 months for postal report with 2 IRCs. Broadcast was from Vaxholm castle. Report sent to Ronnie Forslund, Vita Huset, 17995 Svartsjö, Sweden (DK)

Tajikistan Radio Free Asia (relay Dushambe) 15745 kHz, QSL in 55 days. Report in English sent to: [email protected] (CG)

United Kingdom : Stoke Mandeville Hospital R. 1575kHz & 87.7MHz. e-QSL received in 2 days for email reception report sent to station engineer and chairman [email protected] Verifying test transmission on new 87.7 FM and regular service on 1575 MW (closing 24 May 2019). (AP)

Pirates/Free Radio FRS Holland 7700 kHz. e-QSL in 23 days. Report in English sent to: [email protected] (CG)

Even though in this page was not published in the last 'Communication' there are not many contributions. We hope that the next issue can be richer! Do continue to send me regularly your contributions a scan of QSL that you received in jpg format, so that we can show them here.

A reminder that the deadline of this page is Fridays after the printed contribution deadline at 22.00 UTC Dario

(Radio Nord Revival QSL received by DK from their broadcast last October)

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Meyerton shortwave station falls silent

From the script of AWR “Wavescan” DX Programme No 527

According to the latest available information, the huge double shortwave station located near the small town of Meyerton in South Africa is due to close today, Sunday 31 March 2019. The stated reason for the termination of this massive shortwave station, one of the largest in the world, is due to insufficient clientele choosing to broadcast to Africa and beyond from its bevy of shortwave transmitters and antenna systems. Apparently the withdrawal of the BBC London from its use of Meyerton as one of its African relay stations was the proverbial last straw that broke this African camel’s financial back.

Back in 1964, SABC, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, procured a tract of land containing 1250 acres south of Johannesburg in a hilly country area due east of the town of Meyerton for the construction of a new shortwave broadcasting station. In reality, two shortwave stations were constructed on this large property on Marlin Road; one at the northern end, and the other at the southern end.

The northern location was planned as the high power station with transmitters rated at 250 kW and 500 kW for international coverage, almost worldwide; and the southern station was planned for domestic coverage in South Africa, as well as for regional coverage of other nearby African countries, with transmitters rated at 100 kW.

During the following year on 27 October 1965, Prime Minister Dr. H. F. Verwoerd officially opened this new double shortwave station, which was named in his honor, as the H. F. Verwoerd Shortwave Station. At the time of the opening ceremony, just one transmitter at 250 kW was ready for active service, though three more similar units were installed and taken into service during the following months.

Left: One of the many colourful QSLs issued by Radio RSA in the 1970s featuring South African wildlife and flora

Over a period of the next 15 years, a total of 17 shortwave transmitters were progressively installed at the two locations, together with a total of 49 antenna systems. At the height of its capability, the high powered northern shortwave station contained 15 active transmitters at 250 kW and 500 kW, together with 40 antenna systems, mainly curtain antennas. Likewise, the lower powered southern site contained 8 active transmitters at 100 kW and 9 antenna systems, mainly log periodics. Two transmitters, one at each sub- location, were kept in standby mode.

The feeder lines running from the transmitters at the northern station exit the transmitter building via two tunnels, each 8 feet square. In this way, the feeder lines are protected from harsh weather patterns. The feeder lines are made up of ½ inch copper tubing, and 40 miles of this tubing are used in total at the two stations. This powerful shortwave station consumes a massive 6 megawatts of electricity.

20 The studios and offices for the external services of SABC, the South African Broadcasting Corporation are housed in an office building in central Johannesburg, some 40 miles north of the transmitting stations. Under the management of Radio South Africa RSA, a total of 50 international radio listeners in different parts of the world served as regular monitors on behalf of this shortwave service.

Radio South Africa transferred the double shortwave station at Meyerton to a commercial radio organisation, Sentech, in November 1996. Since then Sentech has operated the station as a commercial venture, with many international radio organizations reaching their international audiences via this shortwave station at Meyerton.

Over the intervening years, many international radio organisations have taken out a relay of their programming via this double Meyerton shortwave station, such as for example: The BBC in London, Voice of America in Washington DC, Radio Canada International in Montreal, Radio Netherlands in Hilversum Holland, and Radio France International in Paris. Other stations that have also utilized the Meyerton station have included Trans World Radio and Adventist World Radio, as well as Channel Africa and Radio Sonder Grense in South Africa itself.

In earlier times, RSA in Johannesburg issued colorful QSL cards that featured animal life and country scenes in South Africa. Radio monitors worldwide would describe these QSL cards as some of the most beautiful QSL cards in their collection. After the shortwave station was sold off to Sentech, they also issued a set of colorful QSL cards, eight in number, from their corporate office in Honeydew, a suburb of the large regional city Johannesburg.

The QSL cards from Sentech were signed by Kathy Otto, who was very cooperative with the international radio audience, and each card identified the organisation that was on the air via the Sentech shortwave station. Thus, it was possible in earlier times to receive two QSL cards for the one reception report, the origination program studio and the Sentech shortwave station itself.

So what will happen to this major double shortwave station at Meyerton in South Africa? It is too early yet to know for sure. Perhaps the land will be bought by local farmers, but what will happen to the major but now aging items of electronic equipment? Only time will tell.

The aerial masts at Meyerton which have featured on recent QSLs from Sentech

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Bolivian Mining Radio By Martin Butera [email protected]

Radio Mineras Bolivianas are unique in the world, because they belonged to the unions of mining workers, and were created to defend the interests and the struggle of the workers' movement.

Mining was fundamental in Bolivia long before the country reached its independence in 1825. When the Spanish conquistadores began to exploit the silver of Potosí in the 17th century they never imagined that there was such a quantity under the "silver mountain". Bolivia's exports were mainly based on silver and then tin, until the country's economy was transformed in the last decades of the 20th century. For three centuries the silver extracted from Potosí was taken to Spain, until the mountain lost its original shape and gradually collapsed. It has been written that six million Aymara and Quechua Indians, plus a considerable number of African slaves, lost their lives in the mines during that period. Potosí was then one of the great cities of the western world. In 1625 it had a population greater than London or Paris, and more churches than any other city in the new world. Although isolated in the altiplano, at an altitude of 4,200 meters, in Potosí the most luxurious goods imported from Europe could be found.

From the independence of Bolivia in 1825 until the mid-1970s, mining continued to be the main economic activity generating income. Silver gradually became less important, but the country became the world's second tin producer. In the mid-1950s minerals accounted for 70% of exports. A few thousand workers in the mining centres had on their shoulders the responsibility of sustaining the economy of the country and its five million inhabitants. No government could afford to ignore the political opinion of the miners, especially when their unions were reputed to be the most democratic and politically advanced in Latin America.

Station Resistance

The 1980 military coup of General Luis García Meza had triumphed in Bolivia, many citizens who resisted were killed or imprisoned, others escaped into exile. The army managed to completely control the cities. The first military objective was the media: all the radios, television channels and newspapers were closed and when they came to light again, it was under strict military censorship. Actually, not all radio stations ...

The chain of approximately twenty stations in the mining districts of Potosí and Oruro, in the Bolivian highlands, continued transmissions under very high pressure. In order to know what was really happening in Bolivia after the coup, people searched the radio for the frequency of La Voz del Minero Radio Animas or Radio Pío XII. Even foreign correspondents based their news radios on mining radios. The army knew, that is why every day the troops came closer to the mining districts, breaking little by little the resistance of the workers who defended their stations with their lives.

Photo: The radio station door shattered by bullets, during the military coup of Garcia Meza

22 One of the last mining stations to fall under military control was Radio Animas. This is the transcript of the dramatic final live broadcast: The troops are approximately five kilometres from Siete Suyos and very close to Santa Ana ... so we are preparing to defend ourselves ... The number of detainees reaches 31, who have been moved to the city of Tupiza according to the reports that have reached us ... This is Radio Animas for all the south of the country ... We are in this crucial hour, we are in constant mobilization, women have contributed greatly in the preparation of the defence ... We will be to the last comrades, because that is our mission, to defend ourselves ...

That was near the end. Minutes later there shooting heard at Radio Animas. The last thing the announcer managed to transmit was a message to the other stations, Pío XII and Radio Nacional de Huanuni, to take the signal and continue with the live broadcasts of the mining chain. Others continued until the army silenced the last one, destroying the equipment and killing those who defended their right to communicate.

La Voz del Minero, Radio Vanguardia de Colquiri, Radio Animas, Radio 21 de Diciembre, Radio Nacional de Huanunison are some of the radio stations created, financed and controlled by the mining workers of Bolivia.

In the Beginning

It all started around 1949, with a station that settled in the mining district of Catavi. During the following 15 years, other districts followed suit: they bought equipment, trained young people from the camps, financed by workers who gave a percentage of their salary to support the radio stations.

The stations started precariously, equipped with the bare minimum. Some managed to obtain international support and became more sophisticated broadcasters, with better equipment and facilities. Several even built an assembly hall next to the station, in order to broadcast the union meetings live. Radio Vanguardia decorated its living room with a large mural that tells the story of the Colquiri mining centre. A scene in the mural depicts the bombing of Bolivian Air Force aircraft in 1967, when the country was subjected to a military dictatorship.

At the beginning of the 1970s there were 26 stations in operation, almost all of them in the mining districts of the Bolivian highlands. At that time, the miners' unions were still very important, considered as the political vanguard in Latin America.

In times of peace and democracy - which were not the most frequent - mining radios were integrated into the daily life of the communities. They functioned efficiently as alternatives to telephone and mail services. The people of the mining centres received their correspondence through the radio and sent messages of all kinds, which were read several times a day: calls for meetings of the Committee of Housewives, messages from the union leaders about their negotiations with the Government in the capital, messages of love between young people, sports activities, funerals, births and local festivities.

In times of political conflict, trade union radios became the only reliable source of information. While the military attacked newspapers radio and television stations in the cities, the only information available came through the mining radios. All of them joined in the "mining chain" until the army penetrated the mining districts and stormed the facilities, defended to the last by the workers. A movie of Jorge Sanjinés, El Coraje del Pueblo, rebuilds the army attack in June 1967 in the mining district of Siglo XX and the seizure of union radio. https://youtu.be/6ZzRW0mqc7w

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The mining radios were important insofar as the miners were important in the economy and politics of Bolivia. But also the influence of the miners grew during the decades in which they had at their disposal this powerful means of communication to express their ideas. As the importance of mining declined in the 1980s, trade unions weakened and many of the stations disappeared, at the same time the mines were closed.

Participatory Communication

The radio stations played a preponderant role in strengthening the mining unions in the struggle for unity. All unions were affiliated with the Bolivian Trade Union Federation of Mining Workers (FSTMB), which for four decades (1946 to 1986) was the vanguard of the powerful Bolivian Workers' Central (COB). It is not simply coincidence that unions and radio stations shared premises in most of the mining districts, and that the union's Secretary of Culture was usually the director of the radio station.

The social impact of the radio stations of the mines was also important in the process of construction of a cultural identity in the mining centres and in the surrounding peasant communities. On a daily basis, the mining radios were open to participation. The visits to the stations were very frequent, whenever people needed to express themselves on any topic that affected their lives.

24 The most innovative in the experience of mining radios in Bolivia is community participation. The characteristics of this participation constituted a revolutionary event in the 1950s, as they still are today. Very few experiences of participatory communication have reached a level of total appropriation of a means of communication in terms of technology, day-to-day management, content and service to the community.

One of the most interesting aspects is that of training. The mining stations gave rise to new generations of journalists. The training was usually done locally, with the support of other organizations. Some journalists and broadcasters who began their professional activity in the mining radios later became well-known radialistas when emigrating to the cities.

The end of mining radio stations

Although the mining radios were oriented by the ideology of the unions, this did not represent an obstacle to participation insofar as they reflected the will of the workers. In the positions of responsibility of the union, leaders of different political parties were elected, but none of them intended to break the sense of unity that was reflected in the radio programmes.

The real challenge of the mining radios was political repression, the same one that affected the mining class as a whole. Some stations were destroyed by the army six or seven times in the course of their existence. Several chose to preserve the traces of resistance on their walls: the bullet impacts received. Again and again, destroyed equipment was replaced by new equipment purchased with the contribution of the workers. Impoverished but worthy, they offered one day of their salary to their station.

Martin Butera with mining radio journalist (La Paz, Bolivia)

From the technical point of view, the mining stations suffered material deficiencies. The equipment of most of them was very elementary, although sufficient to carry out the work. When equipment was damaged it was repaired by local technicians who lacked the necessary replacement parts but were abundant in creativity. The low capacity to pay salaries to producers made the quality of programming low, especially in terms of educational content.

25 What finally caused the mining radios to end in the 1980s was the abrupt change in the country's economy. Traditional mining ceased to be central in exports and the cost of producing tin was higher than the international price. The government closed state mines; workers moved to cities in search of employment, leaving ghost camps behind. The influence of the unions decreased, and few stations survived the transition to the new century.

On 28 August 2017, the Ministry of Mining presented a decoration to the directors of the mining radios that are still in force. The award also recognized the "high level of awareness of workers to convey their ideals against the editorial position of the commercial media that did not take into account these struggles."

The Bolivian government recognized the mining radios for their contribution to the democratic political history, the defence of human rights and their consequences in defence of the working class and workers.

"One of the disastrous actions was when several military radios intervened in the military coup, the equipment was destroyed, many journalists and journalists were imprisoned, because the network of mining radios constituted a whole subversive network of communication for revolution and liberation. , that is why this type of media is important, "said the current Minister of Mining, Cesar Navarro Miranda, when he offered the tribute.

Likewise, he indicated that the political participation from the chain of mining radios in dictatorial processes was decisive for the return of democracy and that is why they constitute a political and democratic history, thanks to the sacrifice of the workers. Among those that stand out: Radio 21 December, National de Huanuni, Vanguardia de Colquiri, 16 March of the Bolívar mine, Ánimas and Chichas de Siete Suyos, among others. The event was nuanced with musical participation achieving great emotion among the participants.

One of the few survivors

On 24 June Huanuni National Radio will be 60 years old. The historic National Radio of Huanuni, one of the first miner-union radios in Bolivia, recognized for its active participation in the country's social struggles, is ready for its re-launch with a powerful team and state support.

Now with a modern FM equipment (and on 92.5 MHz), it will be a witness to the new Huanuni radio that emerged to the ether in the 1950's and was a faithful witness of the struggle of the mining unions and the popular classes.

Respondent since its birth, Radio Nacional de Huanuni became the inseparable companion of the workers of this mining centrw who bled tin for the benefit of the great powers and the so-called "tin barons".

26 Since then, the union radio station has written an unprecedented story in Bolivia, as an inseparable companion of the workers' struggles and vanguard of the resistance of the miners against totalitarian regimes between 1964 and 1982.

Also as a school of Bolivian broadcasting, by the passage of the brightest speakers and budding journalists by their microphones. Because of the station's irrefutable identification with the social movements it suffered several attempts to silence its voice, through dictatorial governments that destroyed equipment and assassinated several miners.

Like the one perpetrated in 1967 in the ferocious massacre of San Juan when military forces razed all their equipment and looted their nightclub when the radio accompanied and encouraged a mining protest against the government of President René Barrientos Ortuño. www.radionacionaldehuanuni.com Documentaries

First documentary about one of the most important historical experiences of participatory communication: the radio stations of the mining workers of Bolivia. Made in 1983 for UNESCO by Eduardo Barrios and Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, in 16 mm. https://youtu.be/-c3_g5jrMTI

Voices of the Socavón Two Argentines produced a documentary that highlights the struggle of mining radios in Bolivia during the dictatorships. Voces del Socavón, a production made by Argentine filmmakers Julia Delfini and Magalí Vela Vázquez and is about the radio La voz del minero from the Siglo XX mine in Potosí, which was the first station financed and controlled by workers, and a pioneer in America Latina

The voices of the tunnel tells the story of Bolivia's mining radios, led by La Voz del Minero, and its role in the workers' union struggle during the second half of the 20th century. The protagonists of this story, union leaders, women of the Housewives Committee, miners and announcers, relate the historical events they went through in search of the Bolivian workers' revolution. The film links the culture within the mining camps, accompanied by the poetry and stories of the famous Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, in what is one of his last interviews. Here you can see his trailer https://youtu.be/HUM40UGEQTA

Martín Butera is a journalist, documentary maker and founding member of Radio Atomika 106.1 MHz (Buenos Aires, Argentina) www.radioatomika.com.ar

He lives in Brasilia, Brazil.

Photo: Martín visiting Radio Club La Paz Bolivia CP1AA

27 today Mining Radio Stations Today By Martin Butera

Currently of the more than 20 mining radios that operated in the country of Bolivia, only three of them are on air. These are Radio Nacional de Huanuni (Huanuni- Oruro), Radio Vanguardia (Colquiri- La Paz) and Radio 16 de Marzo (Bolívar-Oruro).

National Radio of Huanuni (Huanuni-Oruro), that used to transmit by short wave, is on FM (94.5 MHz) and online www.radionacionaldehuanuni.com/

Radio Vanguardia of Colquiri, owned by the mining workers of that district, currently has a new transmitter on medium wave 1270 kHz with a power of 3 kW and an FM transmitter, 98.3 MHz with a power of 1 kW. The AM signal can be heard in the remotest corners of the department of La Paz and even nationwide.

Photos are of Radio Vanguardia’s building and transmitter.

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U.K. & Ireland News Edited by Dave Kenny - [email protected]

Medium Wave

The Ark Glasgow 1530 kHz on air After a break of almost 5 years, 1530 kHz is alive again in Glasgow with Radio Ramadhan 365. This station was awarded an AM community radio licence in June 2017, so has only just got on-air before the two-year startup deadline. Ark AM, the name on the original application, says it will serve the needs of Glasgow’s Muslim communities. They also state on the website DAB digital radio coverage. Reception does not seem to be very strong and certainly not as loud and clear as the previous user of 1530 AM - Celtic Music Radio from January 2008 to July 2014. Radio Ramadhan Ark 1530 AM follows the launch at Easter of Revival FM which serves the Christian community in Glasgow on 93 MHz. (Radio Today 9 May via MET) Ark is currently on low power around 10W but full power is due to be implemented later this month (David Thorpe 9 May)

Confirmed on 1529.66 kHz IDing as "Radio Ramadhan 365" via SDR in Argyll on 10 May and again on 22 May, still off-channel. Seems very weak, probably still 10 Watts. (dk)

Frequency swap for Love Sport and Panjab Radio approved Ofcom has approved a format change request for Panjab Radio and Love Sport to swap frequencies in London. The move will give Panjab Radio more coverage across Greater London on 558 kHz, whilst reducing Love Sport’s output to the north of London on 1584 kHz. (Radio Today 3 May) No date for the change has been announced yet and as of 24 May the swap had not yet taken place. (ed)

Radio BGWS closes. The British Gurkha Welfare Society community station in Farnborough Hampshire on 1179 kHz has closed. Ofcom reports in its April Radio Update published on 7 May that it has ceased to be licensed (i.e. the licence has been handed back or revoked). This community radio station started in 2012 but had very poor coverage and limited broadcast hours.

Spirit Radio , the Christian gospel based station which broadcasts on 549 kHz in Ireland will be renewing their licence for 2020 as the current one expires in December 2019. They are testing out a new Telefunken 50 kW transmitter which they intend to use to give them better coverage. The Harris 50 kW transmitter will be kept as a stand-by unit. (Dave Angell mediumwave.info)

Gold to drop MW? Frequencyfinder reports “Rumours are circulating that Gold will become online only later this year”. Gold currently broadcasts on medium wave in London (1548 kHz), Manchester (1458), Nottingham (999) and Derby (945). (David Duckworth)

LPAM station moving to FM

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio (near Aylesbury, Bucks) has switched to FM 87.7 MHz from 24 May. The LPAM transmitter on 1575 kHz will remain on the air with a loop announcement only until 7 June when it will be switched off permanently. The volunteer-run station had been on 1575 kHz with an LPAM licence since January 1998. Test transmissions on 87.7 MHz started on 10 May with a loop announcement, before launching on FM with a special day of live programming on 24 May. Transmitter power on 87.7 MHz is 500mW (half a watt) with a long term RSL (LPFM) licence. (David Thorpe, Alan Pennington SMHR via AP)

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Community Radio

Coverage improvement & extension requests Ofcom has approved coverage extension requests from five more community radio stations (subject to formal clearance): Black Cat Radio St Neots, Cambridgeshire HFM Market Harborough, Leicestershire Susy Radio Redhill and Reigate, Surrey Wycombe Sound High Wycombe, Bucks Wythenshawe FM Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester (Ofcom Radio Update 7 May)

Demon FM closes Leicester student station Demon FM which broadcast on 107.5 MHz with a community radio licence closed on FM on 3 rd May and now broadcasts online only.

Commercial Radio

Bob FM will become Heart on 3 June , sharing all programmes with Watford-based Heart Hertfordshire. Bob broadcasts on 106.7 and 106.9 MHz.

Capital Cymru goes all-Welsh Capital Cymru which broadcasts to Anglesey and Gwynedd on 103 MHz has switched to an all-Welsh presentation format from 23 May, becoming the only all- Welsh language commercial station on air with no presenting in English except for the Big Top 40. The playlist includes some Welsh music, with one hour of exclusively Welsh-language music daily at 5am. Web site https://www.capitalfm.com/cymru (Mike Terry & reports on digitalspy)

Restricted Service Licences - RSLs on air this month

Ramadan stations are on the air from 5 May until 6 June. Only 13 Ramadan RSLs are on the air this year: Blackburn 87.9, Bradford 87.7, Bristol 87.7, High Wycombe 88.3, Hounslow 87.7, Keighley 102.1, Leeds 87.9, Milton Keynes 87.9, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 87.9, Oldham 87.7, Sheffield 87.7, Slough 87.9, Stoke-on-Trent 87.7.

Chingford, E4 87.7 Dark Outside Forest Festival 20-21 Jun Cosford 87.7 Radio Cosford RAF airshow 7-9-Jun Kilkeel NI 106.2 Fuse FM Ulster Scots 15-28 Jun Lincolnshire 87.7 Lincs FM Show Radio agricultural show 18-20 Jun Shepton Mallet 87.7 Worthy FM Glastonbury festival 23-30 Jun Southampton 87.9 YCFM young carers festival 28-30 Jun Wimbledon 87.7 Wimbledon FM tennis 30 Jun-15 Jul

Long term RSLs

87.7 MHz Brands FM, Brands Hatch Circuit, Kent - motor race events until 4 Nov 87.7 MHz Knockhill FM, Knockhill Circuit, Dunfermline - motor race events until 8 Dec 87.7 MHz Silverstone Radio, Silverstone Circuit, Northants - various race events until 30 Nov 87.7 MHz Radio Thruxtin, Thruxton Race Circuit, Andover - various race events until 22 Sep. 96.2 MHz Nitro FM, Santa Pod Race Circuit, Northants. - drag racing events until 26 Oct

Digital

New DAB multiplexes Ofcom has announced that it plans to advertise two new multiplexes, one for the Morecambe Bay area, and one designed to cover North and West Cumbria and Southwest Scotland . No timescale has been announced yet for advertising the new multiplexes. (Radio Today 7 May/MET)

Orkney 5G radio pilot extended - see page 42

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Medium Wave Report Edited by Dave Kenny - [email protected]

Algeria Algiers noted back on 252 khz from 22 May with good audio, after a period off the air for maintenance. (Alan Pennington, Gi ampiero Bernardini BDXC-News)

Italy A new station AM Italia is on air on 594 kHz . The frequency is licensed, the owner is Challenger srl. It is broadcasting in Veneto region, North Italy. See also: https://playdxblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/italian -mw-am-italia-on-594-khz-list -of.html (Giampiero Bernardini mediumwave.in fo 18 May)

Lithuania The Belarusian service of Radio Libery has announced the end of MW broadcasts on 1386 kHz from 30 April. After 65 years of radio broadcasting it is now available only online.

The schedule on 1386 kHz now seems to be: 1530 -1630, 1730-2100, 0330 -0500 UTC Radio Poland in Polish at 1530 and 0430, Radio Poland in Russian at 1600 and 0400, NHK Radio Japan in Russian at 0330 and 1730, Radio Liberty in Russian from 1800 -2100 (Observations by Rumen Pankov via BC -DX)

Netherlands Roundup of this month’s LPAM news from radio -tv-nederland.nl: Radiostation Fryskeheide from Twijzelerheide may start broadcasting from 11 May on the LPAM frequency 1332 kHz with 50 Watt. They will broadcast on Saturday and Saturday from 8 am to 9 pm and Tu esday and Thursday evening from 5 to 9 pm. Studio Denakker from Klazienaveen moves from 11 May to 675 kHz with 50 Watts. (3 May)

Flashback 1485 AM from Baarn and Radio0511 from Rhederbrug may continue to broadcast until May 2024 on the LPAM frequency 1485 kHz . Fidelio Radio will be heard from 18 May at 1584 kHz from Driebergen-Rijsenburg. Veluwe AM from Oldebroek & Eyeradio from Tiel closed on 1485 kHz at the end of April. (8 May)

Radio de Vliegende Hollander from Meppel is on air today on LPAM 1485 kHz . Not yet air are Fidelio Radio 1584 kHz from Driebergen -Rijsenburg, Studio Denakker 675 kHz Wijkradio hopes to start 1 June at 1485 kHz from Helvoirt, Radio Bontekoe hopes to be back at 828 kHz via a new antenna at the end of May and Good Country hopes to b e received from Rotterdam at 1485 kHz soon. (20 May)

Hotradio Hits is on air at 891 kHz from Huissen. Radio Bontekoe is also back at 828 kHz via a new antenna. (24 May)

Permit holder Laar has been on air at 1008 kHz since this afternoon from Wageningen r egion. De Rode Adelaar (The Red Eagle) is occasionally on air at 1224 kHz from Waalwijk. (26 May)

Nigeria New Fulani station planned on 720 kHz The federal government on Tuesday (21 May) announced that it has acquired an amplitude modulation (AM) radio broadcast licence to reach herdsmen across the country. Announcing the development, Adamu Adamu, minister of education, said the move is part of measures to enhance nomadic education and curtail the crisis between farmers and herders in the country. Adamu said the radio service would operate on the frequency of 720 kHz and would air in Fulfude, a language spoken mainly by the Fulani. “The radio service will serve as a vehicle for social mobilisation and education, in addition to interactive radio instructio n methodology that will be adopted to reach the very hard -to-reach segment of our target population,” the minister said. (www.thecable.ng 24 May)

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Russia Moscow MW transmitters on 612, 738 kHz off air World Radio Network announced that “ Unfortunately, from 1 May we will have to temporarily suspend our broadcasts on medium wave 738 kHz . The reason is the consolidation of state structures in our country: The transmitting centre at which our technical facilities are located has lost its inde pendence and entered into a larger structure. Thus, from 1 May, all broadcasting from Kurkino stops. To date, the re are just the two remaining transmitters: At a frequency of 612 kHz , there is Narodnoe Radio and Radonezh and at a frequency of 738 kHz World Radio Network. As for us, the World Radio Network, we are doing everything possible to find a new place to accommodate our facilities and resume broadcasting on medium wave 738 kHz." (Quote from "Radiopanorama" programme Vadim Alekseev. 27 Apr via mediumw ave.info)

The transmitter at 738 kHz (Kurkino) was turned off at midnight on 1 May. There is now no broadcasting on the frequency. The transmitter on 612 kHz (Kurkino) is also off air, both Narodnoe Radio and Radonezh are missing in the evening. (Vasily Gulyaev via Anatoly Klepov, RUSdx 1027 via BC -DX)

Ukraine Home Service 1st programme was confirmed on 7 May on 549 kHz , despite reports of its closure. (Rumen Pankov BC-DX 8 May)

On 18 April Ukrainian Radio resumed broadcasting from a transmitter at Luc h on 549 kHz. It had been absent for a month due to under funding by the NSTU. (via Rus-DX 28 April via DXLD)

DX News - Short Wave Edited by Dave Kenny - [email protected]

Antarctica Interesting cond itions today (Thursday 9 May). Already before 1600 UTC I noticed LRA36´s carrier on 15476 UTC coming in from Antarctica. At the same time 10 m / 28 MHz was open for ham QSOs between Central Europe and St. Helena as well as Brazil. A pity the Argentine broadcast feeders on 29810 SSB are not active. (Harald Kuhl BDXC -News 9 May)

Australia Hopes new ABC boss may restore Pacific SW services . There are hopes that a new managing director, appointed to head the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, might restore the company's commitment to Pacific broadcasting and news coverage. (RNZ Dateline Pacific 10 May; via Hansjoerg Biener BC -DX)

Canada New schedule for Radio Canada International via Shortwave Service, Kall from 1 May: English: Sunday: 1230-1300 6005 -kll, 1700-1730 3985-kll, 1930-200 0 3985 -kll French: Saturday: 1700-1730 3985 -kll, Sunday: 1030-1100 6005-kll

Radio Canada Int heard on Sunday 19 May signing -on in English from 1930 UTC on 3985 kHz via Kall in Germany. Looks like this may be a new regular time for RCI. Unfortunately, I missed checking the 1700 transmission, so am not sure if that one continues. By the way, in his opening comments, Marc Montgomery mentioned reception reports and said that they no longer have QSL cards, so cann ot QSL the shortwave relays via Kall. (Alan Roe)

Clandestine & Other Target Broadcasts

Shiokaze (Sea Breeze) to North Korea from Yamata, Japan. Change of frequencies from 8 May: 1300-1400 5980, 6040 1405-1435 5920, 6165 1600-1700 5980, 6090 (Ron Howard -USA, wor via BC-DX 9 May) 32

Voice of Eritrean Lowlands is a new target broadcast via Issoudun: 1700-1730 Mon & Sat 15390-iss. Address: c/o Gesellschaft der eritreischen Tiefebene e.V, Rosenheimer Str. 84, D-81669 München, Germany. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpJpyC-Q9Cs (WRTH International update May)

Denmark World Music Radio (WMR) is back on 15805 kHz (200 W). On air Saturday and Sunday 0700-2000 UTC. 5840 kHz is still on the air with some 25 - 35 W continuously. World Music Radio on 15805 kHz is probably the station on 19 m with the lowest power - and with the most simple aerial - so obviously that makes it a DX catch. It is not a signal you can rely on for regular listening - tuning in and then expecting a fine signal. Most of the time the signal will be absent or barely audible - in the areas where the signal propagates into (Russia, Southern Europe, Northern Scandinavia, Brazil, North America - and even once in Thailand). I had imagined that that would have created more interest among DX'ers. I have just purchased a new 3 element yagi for 15805 kHz, so hopefully soon there will be some improvement in signal strength. (Stig Hartvig Nielsen BDXC-News 19 May)

Egypt Radio Cairo has reappeared on SW after some weeks off the air. Look out for European services which are scheduled as follows as per HFCC: 1500-1600 Eu Albanian 9705 1800-1900 Eu Italian 9490 1900-2000 Eu German 9570 1900-2000 Eu Russian 9665 2000-2115 Eu French 9895 2115-2245 Eu English 9900

Germany New schedule for Shortwave Service, Kall , on 6005 kHz from 1 May sees the resumption of weather reports from DP07 Seefunk in German, thee are broadcast at 0900-0930 and 1200-1230 UTC daily. Web site https://dp07.com (DK/HK)

New schedule for Shortwave Radio , Winsen. 1600-2200 Daily on 6160 kHz 1600-2300 Daily on 3975 kHz “In case you are missing our morning or afternoon transmissions on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz, please send an email and complain about it. Propagation conditions prevent us to be audible in UK and Eire during daytime. If you are listening somewhere else, we might change schedule again. Your feedback is welcome. Remember, eQSL’s will only send out, if there is a donation to the project via our website”. (http://shortwaveradio.de 17 May via AP, ARo)

Radio for Peace International is a new broadcast via Channel 292 on 6070 kHz which was first aired at 1900-2000 on Saturday 11 May. (Alan Gale) The broadcast was in French and it appears to have no connection with the former well-known RFPI from Costa Rica. Remy Fries notes that it was “Very strange stuff. The first 40-odd minutes were a talk about nazi extermination camps etc... and about the "Stolperstein" project”, followed by pop music.

Deutsche Wetterdienst heard well each morning at 0600-0630 on 5905 and 6180 with shipping forecasts for the North Sea and Baltic. Also on air at 1200, 1600 and 2200 on the same frequencies. They welcome reception reports to Seeschifffahrtsberatun, Bernhard Nocht Str 26, 20359 Hamburg, Germany (AD)

India AIR Thiruvananthapuram is noted back on 5010 kHz with better signals from 7 May, after a maintenance break of some weeks. 7290 which is used during daytime not heard this morning. The schedule is: 5010 kHz 50 kW 0020-0205 1130-1745 UTC 7290 kHz 50 kW 0230-0932(Sat, Sun 1030) UTC (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS DX_India 8 May)

Indonesia Voice of Indonesia is on new 4750 kHz (formerly RRI Makassar) and 3325 kHz (formerly RRI Palangkarya) with the external service between approx 1000-2200 utc. I noted VOI in Chinese at 1150 and Japanese at 1200 on 7 May using a remote SDR in Jakarta and on

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11 May heard English at 1030 tune-in on both frequencies via an SDR in Western Australia. RRI’s own shortwave transmitter is no longer working so they are instead using these two former RRI domestic tropical band transmitters to carry the external service. Coverage is mainly limited to SE Asia although the 2100 English might be audible in Europe under good conditions. (DK)

Italy IRRS is on air daily 1815-1915 on 7290 (via Romania). In addition to World of Radio on Mondays, also features AWR Wavescan on Tuesdays. (AD)

Mongolia New time for Voice of Mongolia via Shortwave Service, Kall from 1 May: Daily 0930-1300 English 6005-kll.

New Zealand Updated RNZI schedule shows some changes in the 0900-1900 period: 0500-0600 daily 9700 0600-1000 daily 5945 1000-1300 Sa 5945 1300-1650 Su-Fr 6170 1300-1900 Sa 6170 (RNZI web site 17 May)

Oman Radio Oman heard on new 13600 kHz. Recently Oman has been confirmed on SW: 0600-0800 Arabic 13600 1400-1500 English 9620 1500-2200 Arabic 9620 (Bulgarian SW Blog observations in May)

USA WBCQ carried out a few low power tests using its new 500 kW transmitter on 9330 khz at various times around 10 May, but subsequently it has been off air, with the old transmitter still in use (operating on 9330.1v). Problems are reportedly with both the aerial and the new transmitter caused by prolonged rain. It is hoped to start operation sometime in June according to Allan Weiner Worldwide on 18 May. (Reports via Glenn Hauser DXLD, Allan Weiner on WBCQ)

WTWW heard with a test transmission on 15810 kHz from 1300 on Sunday 19 May. Weak signal in Bulgaria. (Bulgarian DX Blog)

Hobart Radio International including Jordan’s Corner of Radio had an additional test transmissions on WRMI to attempt to cover a wider area: It was broadcast on 7730 kHz on Sunday 5 May at 0030-0100 and 0830-0900. This is in addition to the regular timeslots: Saturday WRMI 2330-0000 7780 N America, Europe, Middle East Sunday WRMI 0330-0400 9955 The Americas, Caribbean Monday WRMI 0330-0400 5985 Central America, Caribbean Monday WBCQ 0330-0430 5130 North America Latest schedule at www.hriradio.org/p/current-schedule.html?m=1 (Jordan Heyburn 4 May)

Hobart Radio International including Jordan’s Corner of Radio confirmed on Sundays 5 & 12 May at 0830-0900 on 7730 parallel 5850 and 5950 kHz via an SDR rx in Virginia, USA. (DK)

World Harvest Radio WHRI has English to Europe Sat/Sun at 2200-2300 on 11750 (AD) WHRI heard on new 9505 kHz (ex 7325) from 0258-0358 on Sunday 12 May (RP).

Zambia Voice of Hope Africa has extended broadcasts at weekends from 25 May. The evening schedule is now 1700-1900 Daily on 4965 6065 (1700-1730 SaSu on 9680 13680 is dropped)

WRTH schedules updated for the A19 season

Updates to the WRTH A19 schedules are now available in a 78-page online supplement which includes SW frequency and language lists: Updates, and the “A” season international schedules, are provided as a free service but a voluntary donation will help support the continuation of these free updates. http://www.wrth.com (WRTH 13 May)

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Beyond the Horizon Edited by Chrissy Brand - [email protected]

UK & Irish stations heard in UK MHz UTC Station, details, etc. SIO Date Inits 107.3 0805 Touch FM, Warwick, foodbank use double since 2013, hrd M6 Excl 22/05 CB 107.7 1713 Radio Essex, Chelmsford, 'the hip station for Essex' Excl 18/05 SB

Community & RSL stations heard in UK MHz UTC Station, details, etc. SIO Date Inits 87.7 Reg Hastings Rock, new & old rock mx, CB interviewed about CR Excl Reg CB 87.7 1243 Stoke Mandeville Hospital R. Alan Dedicoat test tx loop, “from Fair 19/05 AP 24 th May” (replaces 1575 MW). (hrd near Thame, Oxon) 87.7 1803 R Silverstone. Cont mx, sung jingle “Radio Silverstone ” (hrd Weak 13/05 AP Nettlebed, Oxon) 101.6 1826 Asian Star, Slough. ID jingle, talk in VV ads for saris. Fair 13/05 AP RDS ASIANSTA (heard Nettlebed, Oxon) 104.4 1700 Chelmsford CR, misleading reports in holiday brochures Good 18/05 SB 107.2 1650 Red Kite R, Bucks RDS Red_Kite (hrd near Thame, Oxon) Good 19/05 AP

European / North African stations heard in UK MHz UTC ITU Station, details etc. SIO Date Inits 95.6 1310 F France Musique, Claude Debussy & Mary Garden, FF Excl 14/05 CB 95.7 1345 BEL VRT Radio 1, Egem, news feature. FL Good 16/05 CB

We should now be encountering Sporadic E conditions, which usually last from May until August - with the peak during June and July . Keep an eye on the BDXC email group for alerts so you can seek out some FM DX catches for yourself from across Europe and North Africa, when conditions are right . Then let us know what you hear! – Chrissy

Propagation Report With James Welsh [email protected] Links: www.jameswelsh.org.uk

Propagation Summary Solar activity was mainly at very low to low levels with the exception of a pair of C-class earth directed flares occurring on 5 May. The Solar flux was at normal levels on 29 Apr il - 01 May, reaching high levels on 02-05 May.

Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels through the period. Quiet levels were observed on 29-30 April under a nominal solar wind regime. Late on 01 May through to 02 May, unsettled to active levels were observed under an enhanced solar wind environment due to influence from a negative polarity Coronal Hole High Speed Stream (CH HSS). On 03 -04 May, geomagnetic conditions were at quiet to unsettled levels as negative polarity CH HSS influence continued. By 05 May, quiet conditions were observed.

Propagation Forecast until 15 June Solar activity is expected to be very low levels throughout the period. The Solar flux is expected to be at high levels on 29 May - 02 June due to coronal hole high speed stream effects. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at active levels on 29 May due to recurrent coronal hole activity. Quiet to unsettled levels are expected for the remainder of the period. (http://bit.ly/dxlatest )

35 Medium Wave Logbook Edited by Tony Rogers - [email protected]

Americas 1010 0350 WINS New York NY. Ads, ID "This is 1010 WINS New York" 333 02/05 SC 1130 0347 WBBR New York NY. "Bloomberg, the World is Listening", ID 332 07/05 SC 1380 0300 CKPC Brantford ON. Pop mx, ID by YL 242 02/05 FB* 1390 0400 WEGP Presque Isle ME. ID "WEGP Presque Isle,WWTP Augusta " 333 02/05 FB* 1400 0400 CBG Gander NL. ID, "CBC news" 242 03/05 FB* 1440 0400 WRED Westbrook ME. Fox Sports, ID "The Big JAB" 322 02/05 FB* 1470 0400 WLAM Lewiston ME. ID by Bob Bittner and sign off 333 02/05 FB* 1560 0400 WFME New York NY. Religious px, ID "Family Radio" 333 02/05 FB* 1620 0405 WDHP Frederiksted VIR. ID by YL "103.5 The Reef" (reactivated) 232 03/05 FB* 1650 0400 WHKT Portsmouth VA. ID "WHKT 104.9" 222 02/05 FB* 1660 0400 WWRU Jersey City NJ. EE ID "WWRU Jersey CityNew York 1660 AM" 322 01/05 FB* 1690 0440 WPTX Lexington Park MD. Mx, ID "1690 AM WPTX" 333 27/04 FB* 1700 0440 WJCC Miami Springs FL. Créole religious px 242 27/04 FB* 1700 0400 WRCR Ramapo NY. Local weather, ID's (reactivated) 242 11/05 FB *

Middle East & Caucasus 612 0235 R Jordan, Shobak, JOR. ID, sermon in Arabic 333 11/05 RP* 657 0206 Kan Bet, Yavne, ISR. Songs & biography of Esther Ofarim 322 11/05 RP* 666 1930 IRIB, R Iran, IRN. Chants, choir, ID & nx in Persian // 936 & others 333 10/05 RP* 693 0030 IRIB, R Khalij e Fars, IRN. ID & sermon in Persian 444 09/05 RP* 702 1922 IRIB WS, Kiashahr, IRN. Piano IS, ID "Govorit Tehran ..." and start of Russian sce; IS also heard at end of px at 2020 (# Grimsby) 333 04/05 TR# 702 2157 IRIB WS, Kiashahr, IRN. Piano IS at end of presumed Azeri sce, not sure what followed, something regional for Ramadan? ... (# Grimsby) 333 22/05 TR# 702 2100 SBA, Duba/Beesha, ARS. News in AA, items interspersed with familiar SBA news theme (# Grimsby) 322 04/05 TR# 738 2231 MaKan, Akko, ISR. Arabic song // 1080; under Spain/H&W (# Grimsby) 211 22/05 TR# 783 0035 Syrian R, Tartus, SYR. Arabic mx 232 05/05 SHo 783 0330 Syrian R, Tartus, SYR. ID in AA & prgr in Hebrew 242 14/05 RP* 891 0255 TRT, R Antalya. TUR. IS & ID, from 0300 TRT 1 prgr in Turkish 353 12/05 RP* 927 2300 SBA, R Jeddah, AlHufuf, ARS. ID and news 222 07/05 FB* 927 0250 TRT, R Izmir, TUR. Own prgr, from 0300 TRT 1 prgr in Turkish 242 12/05 RP* 1080 2236 MaKan, Yavne, ISR. Arabic songs, sung ID "MaKan" (# Grimsby) 323 22/05 TR# 1188 0037 IRIB, R Payam, Tehran, IRN. Persian mx 253 05/05 SHo 1269 2148 IRIB, Khalkhal, IRN. Talk in Persian, Persian mx; audible on occasions when cochannel stations faded, noted // 1512 at 2159 (# Grimsby) ~~~ 05/05 TR# 1287 2100 Voice of Hope, She'ar Yashuv, ISR. Usual EE ID on the hour "From the shores on the Sea of Galilee, this is AM 1287, the Voice of Hope, Christian radio for the Middle East", then discussion in AA (# Grimsby) 333 16/05 TR# 1350 1818 TWR relay, Gavar, ARM. Increased prgr in EE/Turkish of LTW Ministries till 1840 252 19/05 RP* 1539 2105 Pravasi Bharathi, Dhabbaya, UAE. Indian songs, anns in presumed Malayalam, ads; temporarily on 1539 rather than 810 kHz (# Grimsby) 343 15/05 TR#

Africa 531 2316 Jil FM, F’Kirina, ALG. Pop mx, Arabic; continuous cochannel QRM 333 30/04 SC 531 0016 Jil FM, F’Kirina, ALG. Arabic pop mx 445 06/05 SHo 549 0016 Jil FM, Sidi Hamadouche, ALG. Arabic pop mx 343 06/05 SHo 595 0045 Unid with sermon in AA (Morocco?), better heard on 595.2 kHz 322 01/05 RP* 819 0037 ERTU, General Prgr Batra, EGY. Arabic talk 252 05/05 SHo 819 2331 ERTU, General Prgr Batra, EGY. Mx, ID, Arabic; continuous noise 322 17/05 SC 864 2338 ERTU, Holy Qur'an Prg, Santah, EGY. Talk, prayers, mx, Arabic 333 03/05 SC 864 0036 ERTU, Holy Qur'an Prg, Santah, EGY. Arabic mx 243 05/05 SHo 981 0010 R Algerienne, Chaine 2, Ouled Fayet, ALG. Arabic mx 232 06/05 SHo 981 2232 R Algerienne, Chaine 2, Ouled Fayet, ALG. Mx, talk; good, slight fading 433 21/05 SC

36 1422 0011 R Algerienne (R Coran), Ouled Fayet, ALG. Arabic mx 252 06/05 SHo 1503 1840 ERTU, Holy Qur'an Prgr, El Arish, EGY. Qur'an and later talk in AA // 864; mostly under BBC R Stoke but clearer on crossfades (# Grimsby) 222 16/05 TR# 1530 2006 VOA relay, Pinheira, STP. Male presenter 252 06/05 SHo 1530 2145 VOA relay, Pinheira, STP. "The Hits" with Larry London; cochannel with Pulse 2, Yorkshire 222 14/05 ap 1550 2106 National R of SADR, Rabouni, ALG. Nx & reports in AA, modern North Africantype songs (# Tighnabruaich, Argyll) 333 20/05 TR#

Europe 540 2059 Onda Cero, Barcelona, E. Spanish talk 253 04/05 SHo 540 2019 Kossuth R, Solt, HNG. Hungarian talk 445 06/05 SHo 549 0350 Ukrainian R, Mykolaiv,UKR. in Ukrainian with reduced power 232 12/05 RP* 558 1900 R România Actualităi, Tirgu Jiu, ROU. Romanian // SW 9500,11975 555 20/05 RP* 567 2055 RNE R5, Murcia, E. Spanish talk and female singer 253 04/05 SHo 576 2241 RNE R5, Barcelona, E. Talk, mx, ID, Spanish; slight cochan QRM 443 03/05 SC 585 2256 RNE R Nacional, Madrid, E. mx, pips at 2300, ID, Spanish; good signal 544 03/05 SC 612 2305 RNE R Nacional, multisite, E. Talk, ID, Spanish; moderate noise 333 03/05 SC 621 2308 RNE R Nacional, multisite, E. Talk, mx, ID, Spanish; poor, slight fading 322 03/05 SC 621 0300 R One, Grigoriopol, MDA/PMR. Signon, Nat Anthem, nx in Ukrainian 333 21/05 RP* 639 2046 CRo Dvojka, Praha, CZE. Female Czech presenter 343 04/05 SHo 648 0034 R Murski Val, Nemcavci, SVN. Local mx 243 05/05 SHo 648 0220 R Murski Val, SVN. Retro disco songs from Chic, Village People etc 444 11/05 RP* 657 2048 RAI R1, Pisa, I. Italian talk 343 04/05 SHo 666 0018 SER, Barcelona, E. Spanish talk 344 06/05 SHo 675 2345 Team FM, Oostwold, HOL. Continuous Dutch mx, Dutch (Radio Calypso is now listed by radio-tv-nederland.nl rather than Team FM - ed) 332 17/05 SC 711 2104 COPE, Murcia, E. Spanish talk 253 04/05 SHo 729 1900 ERT 1, Athina, GRC. Pips, ID, nx in VV // SW 9420 343 27/04 RP* 747 0407 RNE R5, Cadiz, E. Talk, ID, Spanish; slight noise 433 05/05 SC 747 2053 RNE R5, Cadiz, E. Spanish talk and female singer 253 05/05 SHo 774 0426 RNE R Nacional, multisite, E. Talk, ID, Spanish; cochannel QRM 322 05/05 SC 792 2048 R Dechovka, Stezery, CZE. Local mx 242 04/05 SHo 792 0433 SER, Sevilla, E. Talk, Spanish; weak, cochannel interference 322 05/05 SC 810 1800 R Skopje, Sveti Nikole, MKD. ID, reactivated prgrs in Balkan languages (no previous ID "Macedonian Radio") 343 22/05 RP* 873 0355 Ukrainian R, Chas, UKR. Signal ahead of // 549 322 12/05 RP* 873 1815 R Free Europe in RR, Chisinau, MDA // 1494 (here the signal is ahead) 433 13/05 RP* 900 2337 RAI R1, Milan, I. Talk, mx, ID, Italian; slight interference 544 30/04 SC 900 2015 RAI R1, Milan, I. Italian talk 444 06/05 SHo 900 2050 R Poplar, Bilbao, E. Spanish talk 253 04/05 SHo 918 2051 R Inter, Madrid, E. Spanish talk and mx 253 04/05 SHo 954 2047 CRo Dvojka, Dobrochov, CZE. Female Czech presenter 333 04/05 SHo 990 0443 SER, multi site, E. Talk, ID, Spanish; slight cochannel QRM 333 05/05 SC 999 2017 RAI R1, Torrino, I. Italian talk 242 06/05 SHo 999 0235 R Malta, Bizbizja, MLT. ID "Radio Malta", Elvis Presley song & talk in VV 232 21/05 RP* 1008 2055 SER, multisite, E. Spanish talk 242 04/05 SHo 1044 0356 SER, multisite, E. Talk, pips at 0400, ID, Spanish; continuous noise 322 07/05 SC 1062 2049 RAI R1, multisite, I. Italian talk // 900 242 04/05 SHo 1179 2251 SER, Valencia, E. Talk, ID, Spanish; slight cochannel interference 333 16/05 SC 1188 2237 MR4 Nemzetiségi Adások, Marcali/Szolnok, HNG. Classical mx, Hung. 333 16/05 SC 1233 2047 R Dechovka, multisite, CZE. Local mx 343 04/05 SHo 1251 0009 Memories AM, Geffen, HOL. Female singer 252 28/04 SHo 1269 0510 COPE, multisite, E. Talk, ID, Spanish; continuous noise 322 05/05 SC 1386 0404 R Poland relay, Viešintos, LTU. RR px 252 16/04 AB* 1386 1600 R Poland relay, Viešintos, LTU. RR px 454 02/05 AB* 1395 1900 Studio Denakker, Klazienaveen, HOL. Pop mx, ID 333 03/05 FB* 1395 2002 R Seabreeze AM, Akkrum, HOL. 343 21/04 SD 1395 2300 R Seabreeze AM, Akkrum, HOL. ID and news 232 14/05 FB*

37 1395 2224 R Seabreeze AM, Akkrum, HOL. Mx, Thursday Rock Show, ID, English 333 16/05 SC 1467 2008 TWR, Romoules, F. Possible Arabic talk 455 06/05 SHo 1494 1715 R Free Europe relay, Edinet/Cahul, MDA. Moldovan, new prgr from RFE 433 19/05 RP* 1521 2006 SER, Castellón, E. Spanish talk 242 06/05 SHo 1566 2022 Vahon Hindustani R, Den Haag, HOL. Asian mx 232 06/05 SHo 1593 0716 Bretagne 5, Saint Gouéno, F. Female French Singer 253 29/04 sho 1593 0226 Bretagne 5, Saint Gouéno, F. Easy listening mx, talk, ID, French 433 09/05 SC

British Isles 549 1125 Spirit R Carrickroe. Male presenter and mx 252 27/04 SHo 558 1124 Love Sport, Crystal Palace. Sport news 253 27/04 SHo 603 0721 Smooth R, Canterbury. UB40 record 253 15/05 sho 630 1121 BBC 3CR, Luton. Male presenter and mx 253 27/04 SHo 657 1130 BBC R Wales, Wrexham. Going to the WC in the dark 252 27/04 SHo 720 1150 BBC R4, Crystal Palace. Comedy panel prog 252 27/04 SHo 720 0016 BBC R4, Lisnagarvney. World this week prog 344 28/04 SHo 738 1134 BBC H&W, Worcester. Mx from feature year 1984 253 27/04 SHo 756 0023 BBC R4, Redruth. "World This Week" prg 243 28/04 SHo 756 0024 BBC R Cumbria, Carlisle. Languages in British Columbia 232 28/04 SHo 765 1138 BBC R Essex, Chelmsford. Male presenter 152 27/04 SHo 792 0721 Smooth R, Bedford. UB40 record 142 15/05 sho 801 1141 BBC R Devon, Barnstaple. Yazoo record 253 27/04 SHo 810 0021 BBC R Scotland, multisite. Languages in British Columbia 343 28/04 SHo 828 1155 Smooth R, Luton. Roxy Music record 242 27/04 SHo 837 1154 BBC Asian Networks, Leicester. Female Asian singer 252 27/04 SHo 855 0710 Sunshine R, Ludlow. Wham record 253 29/04 sho 855 1502 BBC R Norfolk, Norwich. New Uniliever plant 454 14/05 SBL 945 0005 Smooth R, Eastbourne. Stn ann and mx 253 28/04 SHo 990 1141 BBC R Devon, Exeter. Yazoo record 252 27/04 SHo 999 1144 BBC R Solent, Fareham. Local football news 152 27/04 SHo 1017 0712 Absolute Classic Rock, Shrewsbury. INXS record 252 29/04 sho 1026 1147 BBC R Jersey, Trinity. Male presenter and mx 252 27/04 SHo 1026 1026 BBC R Cambridgeshire, Cambridge. Van Halen track 454 18/05 SB 1035 1149 Lyca Dilse, London. Asian mx and adverts 252 27/04 SHo 1116 1148 BBC R Guernsey, Rohais. Male presenter and mx 252 27/04 SHo 1125 1130 BBC R Wales, Llandrindod Wells. Going to the WC in the dark 152 27/04 SHo 1152 1153 Absolute Classic Rock, Birmingham. Stn ann and mx 252 27/04 SHo 1170 1157 Swansea Sound, Swansea. Stn ann 242 27/04 SHo 1242 0008 Smooth R, Maidstone. Bee Gees record 232 28/04 SHo 1251 0722 Smooth R, Bury St Edmunds. Adverts 252 03/05 sho 1260 0721 Sabras R, Leicester. Asian mx 232 30/04 sho 1260 0722 Smooth R, Wrexham. UB40 record 142 30/04 sho 1296 1159 R XL, Birmingham. Asian mx 253 27/04 SHo 1323 0006 Smooth R, Brighton. Bee Gees record 252 28/04 SHo 1341 0010 BBC R Ulster, Lisnagarvney. Second Cyclone in Mozambique 445 28/04 SHo 1368 0715 R Caroline North via Manx R, Foxdale. 353 22/04 SD 1368 1301 R Caroline North via Manx R, Foxdale. Mx, ID; slight noise 444 11/05 SC 1368 0715 Manx R, Foxdale. M People record 355 03/05 sho 1377 2100 Asian Sound R, Ashton Moss, Manchester. News and ID 242 03/05 FB* 1431 0007 Smooth R, SouthendonSea. Bee Gees record 252 28/04 SHo 1449 0026 BBC R4, Redmoss. "World This Week" prg 232 28/04 SHo 1458 1155 BBC Asian Network, Birmingham. Female Asian singer 232 27/04 SHo 1485 0716 BBC R Merseyside, Liverpool. Local male presenter 252 30/04 sho 1503 0715 BBC R Stoke, StokeonTrent. Maths for Children 243 30/04 sho 1530 0714 Pulse 2, Huddersfield. Stn ann 253 30/04 sho 1548 0714 Gold, London. Stn ann 233 29/04 sho 1548 0719 City Talk, Liverpool. Stn ann 232 30/04 sho 1557 0721 Smooth, Southampton/Northampton. Adverts 242 03/05 sho 1584 1134 BBC H&W, Woofferton. Mx from feature year 1984 152 27/04 SHo

38 Community Radio & LPAM 648 1129 R Caroline, Orfordness. Mx and stn ann 152 27/04 SHo 648 0701 R Caroline, Orfordness. 353 29/04 SD 648 2330 R Caroline, Orfordness. Continuous mx, ID; good, ID 444 03/05 SC 1287 0925 BFBS Gurkha R, Warminster. "BFBS Gurkha Connection" in EE, pop mx, ID (# Shepton Mallet, Somerset; distance approx 16 miles) 444 12/05 TR# 1287 1046 BFBS Gurkha R, Warminster. Asian talk and mx 252 14/05 SHo 1287 1255 BFBS Gurkha R, Warminster. Nepali; cochan BFBS Blandford nulled ~~~ 21/05 DD 1332 1732 R Warrington. Famous birthdays, ID 555 01/05 SC 1350 0651 R Cavell, Oldham. Oldies, ELO etc. 0700 nx, Radio Cavell ID @ 0702 142 17/05 ap 1386 1721 R Clatterbridge, Wirral. "Greatest Hits Show on Radio Clatterbridge", ID 433 01/05 SC 1386 0718 R Clatterbridge, Wirral. "Welcome to Friday it’s Radio Clatterbridge" 343 17/05 ap 1449 1200 The Hub, UWE, Bristol. Female singer 253 27/04 SHo 1449 1515 Brill 1449 AM, Bucks. O'Jays, "Stafford's World" px (hrd Kingsey, Bucks) 243 19/05 AP 1476 0519 Carillon Wellbeing R, Loughborough. Mx: Tears for Fears; noise 333 05/05 SC 1521 1710 Flame CCR, Wirral. Feature on Sunspots, ID; slight interference 544 01/05 SC 1530 1430 R Ramadhan, Glasgow. Islamic mx, talk in Urdu, Qur'an, ID "You are listening to Radio Ramadhan ...", ads; weak & clear (# Tighnabruaich, Argyll; distance approx 37 miles) 242 09/05 TR# 1530 1005 R Ramadhan, Glasgow. Actually on 1529.68, very weak with a het being offchannel (# Tighnabruaich, Argyll) weak 10/05 DK# 1530 1056 R Ramadhan 365 (The Ark), Glasgow. New CR now on air, off channel (actually on 1529.67) so best on LSB. ID as "Radio Ramadhan 365" (# Tighnabruaich, Argyll) 142 10/05 AP# 1575 1516 Stoke Mandeville Hospital R. "The friend at the end of your bedside, you're with Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio", "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus rcd. MW closing 7 June, moving to 87.7 FM (heard at Kingsey, Bucks) 454 19/05 AP 1602 0717 Desi R, Southall. Asian mx 232 29/04 sho 1602 1745 R Heritage, Manchester. Mx, "Your station, your community", ads, ID 544 01/05 SC

Longwave 153 2107 SRR Antena Satalor, Brasov, ROU. Local mx 253 04/05 SHo 171 2106 Medi 1, Nador, MRC. French female presenter 252 04/05 SHo 183 1247 Europe 1, Felsberg, D. Talk, ID, French 544 11/05 SC 189 2306 RUV, Gufuskalar, ISL. Talk, pop mx, ID, Icelandic 333 14/05 SC 216 1118 RMC, Romoules, F. French talk 253 27/04 SHo 225 2106 PR1, Solec Kujawski, POL. Polish talk 354 04/05 SHo 234 2215 RTL, Beidweiler, LUX. US station ID's e.g. "Go Country 105" (KKGO), WSIX Nashville etc, C&W songs, ID "George Lang on WRTL Country" (Fri), French 454 10/05 AP 234 1239 RTL, Beidweiler, LUX. Mx, talk, ID, French 444 11/05 SC 252 1652 RTE R1, Clarkstown, IRL. Healthcare and hospitals 354 08/05 SHo 252 1227 RTE R1, Clarkstown, IRL. "Saturday with Katie Hammond", ID 555 11/05 SC 270 2020 CRo1, Topolna, CZE. Czech talk 253 06/05 SHo

* denotes heard outside of the British Isles. # denotes heard using an online SDR as stated.

Simon Hockenhull writes "It was quite a good month but with variable nightime conditions. During the evening of the 4 May I noticed that RAI R1 from Milan on 900 kHz was off air for quite some time. It was due to a combination of thunderstorms and snowstorms over large parts of northern Italy causing considerable power disruptions. I have identified the new LPAM broadcast on 1287 kHz, it's a new BFBS broadcast for the Gurkhas with the transmitter at Warminster Barracks. Still no news about the Student Union station URB from the University of Bath. It is still off air on 1449 kHz and its online service is also down". Thanks for the update Simon. Until next time, good listening, Tony

39 Tropical Bands Logbook Edited by Alan Pennington – [email protected] kHz UTC Station, programme details, language etc SIO Date Init. 3215 0250 WWCR, Nashville, TN, USA - English talk, hymns by choir 253 22/05 APD 3325 1045 Vo Indonesia – EE talk, Indonesian songs //4750. #Bandung fair 11/05 DK# 3325 1920 V of Indonesia via RRI Palangkaraya - EE(p) talk, mx, CW QRM 141 10/05 APD 3910 1840 V of the People, via Goyang, South Korea - Korean talk and song // 3480 (232), 3930 (333), 4450 (333), 6520 & 6600 - all jammed 333 28/04 APD 3910 1925 V of the People, via Goyang, South Korea - Korean discussion //3480 (131), 3930 (233), 4450 (232), 6520 and 6600. 233 10/05 APD 3915 2242 BBC WS via Kranji – talk: Tottenham Hotspur, weak, ID, EE 322 13/05 SC 3950 1640 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China - Chinese talk //5060 (353) 252 02/05 APD 3950 1740 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China - CC talk - still on winter schedule! // 5060 (453) and 5960 353 12/05 APD 3955 2044 KBS via Woofferton, UK – German speech 555 04/05 SHo 3975 1602 ShortwaveR, Winsen, D – daily [sched from May 17 1600-2300] 555 30/04 SD 3975 1605 Shortwave Radio, Germany – mx, ann, Beach Boys, ID, EE //6160 352 15/05 AM 3975 1622 Shortwave R, Winsen – CWR’s Chris Ise: live fundraiser //6160. 353 30/04 AP 3975 1710 Shortwaveradio, Winsen, D - EE ann, English pop songs //6160 454 22/05 APD 3975 1850 Shortwaveradio, Winsen, D - English ann, pop songs 554 28/04 APD 3975 1935 Shortwaveradio, Winsen, D - English DX px from R Nederland Media Network in 1992 interviewing Victor Goonetilleke! sun spots 454 10/05 APD 3975 2215 Shortwave R, Winsen – old Media Network px. (6160 off at 2200) 453 25/05 AP 3985 1655 Mi Amigo via Kall - OM & YL anns, 1710: ID, mx pop charts. 333 06/05 WG 3985 1700 R Mi Amigo via Shortwave Service, Germany - 555 30/04 SD 3985 1715 Shortwaveservice, Kall-Krekel, D - EE, EE pops, CW QRM in USB 343 22/05 APD 3985 1720 R Mi Amigo, via Shortwave Service, Kall-Krekel - EE ID, address. 454 02/05 APD 3985 1722 R Canada Int. via Kall, D - nx px, mx Billy Joel, ID. EE [Sun] 222 12/05 WG 3985 1745 R Canada Int. via Kall - mx Carly Simon, ID @ TOH [Sat French?] 333 18/05 WG 3985 1930 R Canada Int via Kall – sign-on in English. Also 12/05 @ 1930. EE ~~~ 19/05 ARo 3985 1931 R Tirana via Kall - OM, ID px ann on stn frequencies. German. 433 16/05 WG 3985 1945 R Tirana via Shortwave Service, Kall-Krekel - GG talk abt Albania 554 10/05 APD 3985 2045 R Belarus via Kall - French speech. 252 04/05 SHo 3990 1645 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi - Uighur talk, sideband QRM // 4980 (252) 333 02/05 APD 3990 1745 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China - Uighur ann, //4980 (453), 6120 and 7205. local songs. 353 12/05 APD 3995 0200 Life FM via HCJB, Weenermoor English ID, ann, hymns 352 26/05 APD 3995 0319 HCJB Weenermoor, Germany – Russian religious programme. 353 13/05 AB 3995 0340 HCJB Weenermoor, Germany – Russian religious talk 454 15/05 APD 3995 1720 HCJB, Weenermoor, D - German religious talk 453 22/05 APD 3995 1950 HCJB, Weenermoor, D - German religious talk about David 454 10/05 APD 3995 2046 HCJB, Weenermoor, Germany - Religious song 252 04/05 SHo 3995 2255 Life FM - continuous religious mx/ Easy Listening mx. Poor 222 13/05 SC 4010.23 1725 Birinchi R, Krasnaya Rechka, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz conversation 353 22/05 APD 4055 0031 R Verdad, Guatemala – relig. talk in SS over mx, piano mx. 242 20/05 AM 4500 1650 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China - Mongolian talk and orch. Mx //6190 353 02/05 APD 4750 1025 Vo Indonesia – EE, ID, Indon. songs //3325. 1100+ CC. #Bandung 344 11/05 DK# 4750 1750 Bangladesh Betar, Shavar - EE talk on civil rights in Bangladesh 353 12/05 APD 4750 1855 Bangladesh Betar, Shavar - Bengali radioplay 353 28/04 APD 4750 1925 Bangaladesh Betar, Shavar - Bengali talk +short musical interludes 353 03/05 APD (but on Kiwi SDR in Jakarta on 4750 , it was heavily disturbed by Vo Indonesia in GG //weaker 3325, the only SW fq annc’d! VOI on 4750 was NOT heard on 7 other Kiwi SDR receivers in the area – APD) 4750 1910 Bangladesh Betar, Shavar – tone, 17-min stoppage 1912-1929. (very weak carrier on 4749.95 @ 1916) Bangladesh back @ 1929 252 12/05 TW*

40 4750 1900 Bangladesh Betar, Shavar – 1khz tone, IS, time signal. 252 19/05 TW* 4750 1918 Bangladesh Betar, Shavar – ID, news “new Japanese Emperor”. 353 30/04 TW* 4750 1955 Bangladesh Betar, Shavar - Bengali talk, song, fq ann at -2000* 454 10/05 APD 4765 0205 R Progreso, Bejucal, Cuba - Spanish ann, nice Cuban songs 353 26/05 APD 4765 0255 R Progreso, Bejucal, Cuba - Spanish talk, Cuban songs 353 22/05 APD 4765.06 1840 Tajik R 1, Yangiyul, Tajikistan - Tajik reading poem, local music 454 18/05 APD 4765.06 1905 Tajik R 1, Yangiyul, Tajikistan - Tajik poem reading 353 28/04 APD 4775 0147 UNID down in the noise. Maybe R Tarma, Peru, but too weak to ID. 141 17/05 ap 4800 0020 AIR Hyderabad, India – IS, National Song, ann, music. Hindi 322 07/05 AM 4800 1730 AIR, Hyderabad, India - English news from Delhi (QRM China), // Bhopal 4810 (353), Kashmir 4950 (252) and Jeypore 5040 (253) 333 22/05 APD 4800 1730 V of China, Golmud – CC ann & songs // 6080 and 6125 454 02/05 APD 4800 2130 V of China, Golmud – CC ann, songs //6080, 6125 and 7230 454 03/05 APD 4800 2221 CNR-1 Gansu, China- man and woman in CC 222 03/05 KOD 4810 1730 AIR, Bhopal, India - EE news // 4910 (Jaipur 242), 4920 (Chennai 222 QRM Xizang), 4950 (R Kashmir 252), 5040 (Jeypore 353) 353 02/05 APD 4820 2135 Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet - CC ann, pop songs //5935 6050 7240 353 03/05 APD 4820 2307 Xizang PBS, Lhasa - woman in VV with violin mx 222 11/05 KOD 4840 0210 WWCR, Nashville, TN, USA - English religious talk quoting Moses 454 26/05 APD 4840 0230 WWCR, Nashville, TN, USA - English talk about the ionosphere 453 13/05 APD 4840 0300 WWCR, Nashville, TN, USA - rel. talk, "Events in 2020" not //3215 454 22/05 APD 4840 0427 WWCR, Nashville, USA - man in EE with political talk 222 05/05 KOD 4850 1655 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China - Kazakh conversation //6015 353 02/05 APD 4885 0009 R Clube do Para, Brazil – lengthy talk by OM, song in PP. 453 17/05 AM 4885 1830 R Echo of Hope, via Taereung, S Korea - KK talk/song //5995 6250 352 18/05 APD 4885 1910 R Echo of Hope, via Taereung, South Korea - Korean conversation //3985 in USB (233 jammed), 5995 (jammed) and 6250 (jammed) 353 28/04 APD 4885 1958 R Clube do Pará, Belém, Brazil – Portuguese talks, music. 353 18/05 AB 4885.04 2350 R Clube do Pará, Belém, Brazil - Portuguese talk (+13/05 @ 0235) 353 15/05 APD 4905 2140 Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet, China - Tibetan ann, local songs //4920 (454), 6130 and 7385 454 03/05 APD 4905 2319 Xizang PBS, Lhasa - man in VV then woman with speech //4920 222 11/05 KOD 4920 0036 AIR Chennai, India – news in EE (mainly about Bangladesh) 242 14/05 AM 4930 0305 VOA, Moepeng Hill, Botswana - English interview 353 22/05 APD 4930 0335 VOA, Moepeng Hil, Botswana - EE talk about the military police 353 15/05 APD 4930 2003 VOA via Botswana - continuous Afro pop mx 222 10/05 KOD 4930 2035 VOA relay, Botswana – Afro-style songs //6195 (best LSB) 322 16/05 AM 4960 2036 VOA via Sao Tome - women with Afro mx and speech 222 21/05 KOD 4980 0006 Supreme Master TV via WRMI, USA – ID, list of freqs, appeal. 343 07/05 AM 4980 2340 Supreme Master TV, via WRMI, Okeechobee, Fl, USA – in EE & VV (JJ?), 2xID's: "Supreme Master TV", ann local TV chs worldwide 252 15/05 APD 5025 0020 R Rebelde, Cuba - Spanish speech 252 06/05 SHo 5025 0215 R Rebelde, Bauta, Cuba - Spanish ann, nice Cuban songs 353 26/05 APD 5025 0240 R Rebelde, Bauta, Cuba - Spanish ann, Cuban songs 453 13/05 APD 5025 0310 R Rebelde, Bauta, Cuba - Spanish talk about Venezuela 454 22/05 APD 5025 0415 R Rebelde, Cuba - man with SS songs. 222 05/05 KOD 5025 2357 R Rebelde, Cuba – comment about Venezuela, ID, talk in SS. 343 16/05 AM 5040 0019 R Havana, Cuba - Spanish speech 252 06/05 SHo 5040 0220 R Habana Cuba, Bauta - SS ann, talk: "La Habana al Dia", mx 454 26/05 APD 5040 0245 R Habana Cuba, Bauta - Spanish conversation about Cuba 454 13/05 APD 5040 0315 R Habana Cuba, Bauta - SS ID with mx px: "Hoy en la Cuba" 454 22/05 APD 5040 0321 R Habana Cuba, Bauta, Cuba – Spanish talks 252 13/05 AB 5040 0517 R Havana, Cuba - man in EE with talk on Cuba 222 04/05 KOD 5040 1735 AIR, Jeypore, India - Odia ann, local songs -1743* 353 02/05 APD 5040 2355 R Havana Cuba – music, IS, ID, freqs, music, in SS. 554 17/05 AM 5050 0225 WWRB, Morrison, TN, USA - English religious talk, not //3215 353 26/05 APD 5050 0250 WWRB, Morrison, TN, USA - English religious talk, best in USB 353 13/05 APD 5060 1710 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, China – CC, still on winter schedule //3950 353 06/05 APD 5085 0230 WTWW, Lebanon, TN, USA - English talk, song 353 26/05 APD

41 5085 0255 WTWW, Lebanon, TN, USA - English ann, hymn 353 13/05 APD 5130 0134 WBCQ Monticello ME, USA – US OM religious preaching. 252 17/05 ap 5130.39 0235 WBCQ, Monticello, ME, USA - EE talk - QRM whistling tone 222 26/05 APD 5130.40 0300 WBCQ, Monticello, Maine, USA - EE radio advertising, letterbox 253 13/05 APD 5505usb 1413 Shannon Volmet, Ireland – ’This is Shannon Volmet’, slight noise 433 30/04 SC

Thanks to everyone who contributed this month!

Anker Petersen reports (22 nd May) that all Xinjiang frequencies in the 60-metre band are now off for the summer season. Xinjiang PBS (Urumqi, China) transmits on these 60 metre band frequencies in their winter only: Chinese General Service on 3950 and 5060kHz; Uighur Service on 3990 and 4980kHz; Kazakh programme on 4850kHz; Mongolian programme on 4500kHz. Listen out for their return in November!

Voice of Indonesia are now using 4750 kHz as well as 3325 kHz (Palangkaraya) for their International Service. WRTH updates (May) says 4750 is “using a transmitter that was previously in service at the Makassar transmitter site, but is now installed at the Jakarta Cimanngis, site.” WRTH marks both frequencies as “irregular”. Plus of course, 4750 is also used by Bangladesh Betar, so difficult to hear. English according to the WRTH is scheduled at 1000-1100, 1300-1400 and 2100-2200 UTC.

Radio Canada International’s online “The Link” programme is now also relayed at a new time on Sundays via Shortwaveservice (Germany): 1930-2000 UTC on 3985kHz. Still also scheduled Sundays 1700-1730 re the schedule at: http://www.shortwaveservice.com/index.php/de/aktuelles Host, Marc Montgomery, said on the 19 th May edition that they no longer have QSLs, so cannot verify the relay of the programme via the Kall transmitter. (ARo) N.B. RCI’s Link programme is only 30 minutes long, so Shortwaveservice fills with pop music for the following 30 minutes. (AP)

Radio Sur Andina from Sicuani in the south of Peru is a new station on 4930kHz, first heard by Karel Honzik (in Czechia) from 0034 UTC on 19 th May. A weak signal next to a powerful utility made it a difficult catch. The station closed suddenly with no sign-off at 0139 UTC. There are more details and some recordings on Karel’s blog, including at 0116 an ID “Radio Sur Andina, Sicuani - onda corta tropical”: http://dx-kh.cz/2019/05/22/radio-sur-andina- sicuani-4930-khz-peru/ The station’s call sign is OAW7M and it has a recent Facebook page “Radio Sur Andina” which includes video of their opening ceremony and with logo (right) (OCT is an abbreviation for ‘Onda Corta Tropical’). (Karel Honzik, Real DX via DXLD via WOR iog)

Until next month, 73s and Good DX! Alan

UK NEWS (continued from page 30) Orkney 5G broadcast trial extended The BBC has decided to extend the duration of its 5G broadcast radio trial in Orkney until the end of September after receiving positive feedback from participants. The Orkney islands were selected for the BBC’s broadcast radio and broadband access trial because the region has poor digital radio coverage and limited fixed and mobile broadband connectivity. The trial was launched in February in Stronsay, Orkney making residents there among the first in the world to receive live radio broadcasts over 5G. (5G via Mike Terry 17 May)

42 HF Logbook

Edited by Stephen Howie - [email protected]

Analogue kHz UTC Station, programme details, language, etc SIO Date Init. 5825 1945 OZ-Viola, Denmark. Mx, ID, anns of test tx 222 23/04 RJH 5840 0750 World Music R, Denmark. 444 01/04 SD 5840 1854 World Music R, Denmark. OM, ID, mx, QRN, EE 333 14/05 WG 5840 2001 World Music R, Denmark. Pop mx, jingles 322 23/04 RJH 5875 0618 BBC WS via Ascension. OM & YL with FF talk 242 27/04 MLF 5875 1935 VO America via Thailand. Simon & Garfunkel Anthology 343 19/05 TW* 5890 1838 Deewa R via Germany. Pashto talk, ID at 1838, new service 444 28/04 MLF 5895 2013 R Northern Star, Norway. OM with Norwegian talk 242 05/05 MLF 5895 2335 BBC WS via Kranji. OM presenter, EE 152 27/04 SHo 5900 1930 R Taiwan Int via Bulgaria. OM with GG talk, ID at 1930 & off 343 18/05 MLF 5905 0613 Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany. Wx, GG 333 02/05 DJM 5905 0626 Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany. Wx reports, GG 444 04/05 JCa 5905 0628 Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany. YL with GG wx, ID/off 0628 343 27/04 MLF 5910 1921 R Romania Int, Saftica. “Amintirile Nu Mor”, splash on 5920 332 03/05 TW* 5915 2155 ZNBC, Lusaka, Zambia. VV shouting talk, Afropop song, hymns 352 03/05 APD 5920 0845 HCJB via Germany. Rel preaching, CW QRM in LSB // 3995, GG 333 28/04 APD 5920 1957 VO Freedom, Hwaseong, S Korea. Signal power above jamming 333 13/05 TW* 5930 2233 R Algerienne via France. Prayers, mx, excellent signal, AA 544 13/05 SC 5935 1745 PBS Xizang, Lhasa, Tibet. CC ann, piano mx // 4820 6050 7240 253 02/05 APD 5939.7 0348 R Voz Missionaria, Camboriu, Brazil. PP music 353 16/04 AB 5945 0700 Bible Voice via Nauen. Word of Truth px in EE 252 12/05 RP 5945 1750 CNR 1, China. CC talk, CW QRM // 4800 (454) 333 02/05 APD 5945 1930 VOIRI, Iran (pres). Time signal, Farsi? 252 21/05 TW* 5945 2223 R Romania Int. History Show, ID, EE 544 13/05 SC 5950 1755 VO Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tigrinya talk 242 02/05 APD 5955 2215 BBC WS via UAE. ID, nx, EE 433 13/05 RJH 5960 1957 VO Turkey, Emirler. Beat on CW mode (probably CRI) 343 30/04 TW* 5975 0510 R Japan via Moosbrunn. ID, news with Roger (?) and Emma, EE 555 29/04 DJM 5975 0520 R Japan via Moosbrunn. YL and OM with Learning Japanese, EE 444 06/05 CS 5995 0616 R Mali (pres). FF news, OM and YL 232 02/05 DJM 5995 1842 R Mali. W African songs, anns in VV, Islamic px 342 18/05 AM 5995 1924 R Mali. OM with Afar mx 433 02/05 WG 5995 1938 R Mail. OM with VV local sx, FF ID at 1930 & talk 343 18/05 MLF 5995 2025 R Mali. OM with VV comm/sx/local mx 343 05/05 MLF 6000 0010 R Havana Cuba. World news in EE, ID 343 15/05 AM 6000 0230 R Havana Cuba. Ed Newman with Mailbag, EE // 6165 353 23/05 AP 6000 0323 R Havana Cuba. EE talk, music 353 13/05 AB 6000 0420 R Havana Cuba. DXers Unlimited, EE 443 13/05 CS 6000 0550 R Havana Cuba. Music, station ID, EE 332 20/04 JCa 6000 1800 Adygeyan R, Russia. Anthem, YL with talk, OM, mx, VV 333 22/04 AM 6005 0741 R Belarus via Kall, Germany. YL anns, ID at TOH then nx px, GG 333 19/05 WG 6005 0915 Shortwaveservice, Kall, Germany. German talk, very weak 251 15/05 APD 6005 0930 VO Mongolia via Kall. S/on, nx in EE 244 23/05 DK 6005 1106 R Slovakia via Kall. YL with station ID 131 10/05 JCa 6005 1453 R Slovakia via Kall. YL presenter, EE 252 13/05 SHo 6005 1629 Polskie R via Germany. EE translated to GG, OM 433 05/05 DH 6015 0538 R Romania Int. OM on Mayday celebrations, EE 444 01/05 CS 6015 0553 R Romania Int. Talk about Easter, EE 554 20/04 JCa 6015 1516 Overcomer Ministry via Nauen. Religious px, EE 253 28/04 SHo 6015 1536 Overcomer Ministry via Nauen. Brother Stair, EE 333 24/04 JCa

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6040 0015 R Romania Int, Tiganesti. Station ann & px schedule, EE 454 07/05 SHo 6055 1039 Evang. Missionsgemeinden, Germany. OM with rel sermon, GG 433 18/05 WG 6055 1039 Evang. Missionsgemeinden, Germany. GG talk 253 12/05 SHo 6055 2216 Overcomer Ministry via Bulgaria. Brother Stair, email, ID, EE 322 13/05 SC 6065 1743 VO Hope Africa, Zambia. ID, religious talk, EE 343 15/05 RJH 6065 1817 VO Hope Africa, Zambia. Daily Thought for Day, mx, EE 443 07/05 WG 6065 1830 VO Hope Africa, Zambia. Promo for VOH Middle East in EE 322 06/05 AM 6070 0802 Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany 555 01/04 SD 6070 0830 Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany. ID, address, pop mx, GG 454 28/04 APD 6070 0944 R DARC via Moosbrunn. OM with talk, 0959 s/off, GG 444 12/05 WG 6070 1055 SM R Dessau, Rohrbach, Germany. Goodbye messages, GG 344 01/05 DK 6070 1517 Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany. Classical mx 252 28/04 SHo 6070 1950 RFPI via Rohrbach. SS ID, continuous mx 344 11/05 DK 6080 1847 VO America via Botswana. Sport news, EE 353 07/05 SHo 6080 1853 VO America via Botswana. Sunny Side Of Sport, EE 444 03/05 DJM 6080 1935 VO America via Botswana. // 4930, Chinese & music at 1944 332 11/05 TW* 6080 1953 VO America via Botswana. OM with nx on Edgar Hoover, EE 443 08/05 WG 6080 1955 VO America via Botswana. Item on the Great Depression, EE 443 08/05 RJH 6085 0720 R Mi Amigo via Germany 555 01/04 SD 6085 0820 R Mi Amigo via Germany. EE ann, singing ID, pop songs 353 28/04 APD 6090 0005 University Network, Anguilla. Gene Scott sermon in EE 443 17/05 AM 6100 1630 R Afghanistan, Kabul. Arabic px, ID, news 242 05/05 FB 6100 1655 R Afghanistan, Kabul. AA talks, songs 353 11/05 AB 6110 1749 R Fana, Ethiopia. Local mx, interviews, good signal for hour 343 03/05 DJM 6130 1945 TWR via Swaziland. OM with Umbundu comm, YL sx/mx 343 18/05 MLF 6134.8 2353 R Aparecida, Brazil. Hymn, religious talk, ID, anns, PP 333 13/05 AM 6140 1542 All India R, Aligarh. OM & YL with Urdu talk, ID at 1542 243 25/04 MLF 6145 2003 KBS World R via UAE. OM nx on Trump, ID @ TOH, AA 544 16/05 WG 6145 2027 KBS World R via UAE. YL with AA talk, ID at 2027 343 05/05 MLF 6150 0804 R Marabu, Germany 555 01/04 SD 6150 0810 R Marabu, Germany. German ann, pop songs 353 28/04 APD 6155 0525 R O1 Int, Moosbrunn, Austria. GG, EE inserts, nx commentary 555 29/04 DJM 6155 1839 VOIRI, Zahedan, Iran. OM with anns, QRM from 6160, AA 444 15/05 WG 6160 1606 Shortwave R, Germany. Anns, Beach Boys song, ID, song, EE 242 15/05 AM 6160 1622 Crazy Wave R via Winsen. Chris Ise with live fundraiser // 3975 354 30/04 AP 6160 1709 Shortwave R, Germany. Music from Beach Boys 333 13/05 JCa 6160 1800 Shortwave R, Germany. ID, TS, EE, Bob Marley track 433 15/05 RJH 6165 0230 R Havana Cuba. Mailbag px // 6000, EE hour repeats 0300+ 252 23/05 AP 6170 2040 R Romania Int. OM with Cooking Show, EE 555 05/05 CS 6180 0454 R Romania Int (pres). Mx, Robbie Williams, good 544 19/05 SC 6180 0620 Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany. Wx, GG 333 02/05 DJM 6180 0622 Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany. Wx reports, GG 343 04/05 JCa 6185 0027 R Educacion, Mexico. Talk in SS by YL, ID, news, music 343 17/05 AM 6185 0345 R Educacion, Mexico. SS talk, choir song 252 15/05 APD 6195 1715 BBC WS via Oman. Talk with artist, EE // 7485 555 13/05 JCa 6195 1749 BBC WS via Oman. ID, item about Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, EE 343 15/05 RJH 6195 1804 BBC WS via Oman. OM with nx px, ID, EE 443 05/05 WG 6195 2338 BBC WS via Oman. YL presenter, EE 252 27/04 SHo 6501u 2158 USCG, Chesapeake, USA. Maritime wx, OM in EE 333 07/05 DH 6604u 2222 Gander, Canada. Aviation wx, OM in EE 433 07/05 DH 7140.04 0325 VO Broad Masses of Eritrea, Asmara. Tigrinya ann, HoA mx 352 15/05 APD 7180.03 0330 VO Broad Masses of Eritrea, Asmara. Afar talk 353 15/05 APD 7205 0305 R Omdurman, Al-Aitahab, Sudan. AA talk, religious songs 454 13/05 APD 7205 0326 R Omdurman, Al-Aitahab, Sudan. AA Quran chanting 353 13/05 AB 7205 1715 PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, China. Uighur talk, local song // 3990 353 06/05 APD 7205 2037 R France Int, Issoudun. OM & YL mx px, FF 544 04/05 WG 7265 0941 Hamburger Lokalradio, Germany. OM, mx "Harbour Song", GG 333 19/05 WG 7280 1610 VO Vietnam. YL with EE ID then local nx 243 04/05 MLF 7280 1645 VO Vietnam, Sontai. RR px 454 03/05 AB

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7280 1916 VO Vietnam. Talk on environmental issues, EE 443 07/05 JCa 7280 1947 VO Vietnam. YL nx & mx by Nhac Viet Pro 433 02/05 WG 7290 1815 IRRS via Romania. EE px, World of Radio with Glenn Hauser 444 06/05 FB 7290 1819 IRRS via Romania. YL with religious talk, EE 444 11/05 JCa 7290 1840 IRRS via Romania. OM with country mx, ID, Newsdesk, EE 544 07/05 WG 7290 1846 IRRS via Romania. Wavescan px in EE 353 30/04 RP 7300 0017 BBC WS, Woofferton, UK. Business Matters px, EE 253 07/05 SHo 7310 2110 BBC WS, Woofferton, UK. OM presenter, EE 252 04/05 SHo 7310 2250 R Romania Int. Mx, Listeners Box, ID, EE 545 20/05 SC 7315 2323 WHRI, USA Religious talk in EE 322 13/05 RJH 7315 2325 WHRI, USA. OM preacher with sermon, Bible passages, ID, EE 333 23/04 VEH* 7325 2038 VO America via Sao Tomé. OM with Hausa talk 343 18/05 MLF 7325 2256 R Romania Int. End of Broadcast to WEU & Japan 544 20/05 SC 7330 1006 R Joystick via Austria. OM pop mx, Charlie Prince show, ID, GG 544 05/05 WG 7335 0530 R Marti, USA. SS songs, IDs 343 04/05 FB 7335 0544 R Marti, USA. OM with talk, music, SS 555 16/05 JCa 7335 0653 R Marti, USA. YL with mx px, ID at 0700, s/off, SS 544 19/05 WG 7335 0856 R Marti, USA. OM & YL, ID, nx px, SS 333 05/05 WG 7335 2253 China R Int. OM in SS, weak signal, mx, OM talk, off at 2300 232 17/05 VEH* 7335 2301 R Marti, USA. Follows CRI on freq, OM anns, poor, SS 232 17/05 VEH* 7355 1424 KNLS, Alaska, USA. OM and YL with CC talk, slight QRN 555 09/05 VEH* 7355 1451 KNLS, Alaska, USA. OM in CC, then YL, contact info, web addr. 555 25/04 VEH* 7355 1610 BBC WS via Singapore. YL with KK talk 242 28/04 MLF 7360 2011 Vatican R. Sacred music, OM in EE 544 28/04 DH 7370 1614 R Free Asia via Tajikistan. YL with CC talk 243 04/05 MLF 7375 0016 R Romania Int, Tiganesti. Station ann & px schedule, EE 454 07/05 SHo 7410 1438 China R Int. OM and YLs in JJ, interview, heavy QRN, QSB, JJ 333 14/05 VEH* 7410 1511 China R Int. YL anns in JJ, commentary, ID, contact info 444 25/04 VEH* 7410 1518 China R Int. YL with talk in JJ, slight QRN, orchestral mx 544 08/05 VEH* 7440 0747 Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany 555 01/04 SD 7445 1616 BBC WS via Madagascar. Podcast about rhinos, EE 353 06/05 SHo 7445 1755 BBC WS via Madagascar. Prostitution in Nigeria, EE 444 30/04 DH 7465 1619 BBC WS via Singapore. OMs with Dari discussions 343 04/05 MLF 7475 1441 R Liberty via Germany. OM with mx, nx & anns, ID 1445, Tajik 332 18/05 WG 7485 1525 BBC WS via Singapore. YL & OM with Burmese talk, ID 1525 242 25/04 MLF 7485 1757 BBC WS via Singapore. Talk on Rupert Brooke, OM in EE 544 30/04 DH 7485 1815 BBC WS via Singapore. Algerian and Iranian politics, EE 444 22/04 AM 7580 1730 R Ranginkaman, Moldova. Music, ID, opening anns, talk in Farsi 534 17/05 AM 7780 2215 WRMI, USA. ID, pop oldies, EE 433 10/06 RJH 8764u 2158 USCG, Chesapeake, USA. Maritime wx, OM in EE 333 07/05 DH 9180 1655 Sound of Hope, Taiwan. CC talk, clear ID at 1700 // 9540 242 04/05 FB 9265 2145 WHRI, USA. Religion, OM in EE 433 01/05 DH 9265 2212 WINB, USA. Religious talk, EE 322 10/05 RJH 9300 1532 TWR via Armenia. EE, religious talk, ID at 1548, contact details 242 11/05 DJM 9320 1418 VO America via Philippines. Nx, clips in EE, Trump, Korean 545 09/05 VEH* 9320 1443 VO America via Philippines. OM and YL with talk in Korean 444 24/04 VEH* 9350 2257 WWCR 2, USA. Rel bx, Brother Stair? Heavy QRN, weak, EE 232 15/05 VEH* 9355 1555 R Free Asia via Dushanbe. OM anns, ID, YL with mx, TS, Uig. 443 11/05 WG 9355 1635 R Free Asia via Dushanbe. Local mx, anns 444 11/05 DJM 9355 1700 R Free Asia via Kuwait (?). Seamless transition from Dushanbe ~~~ 11/05 DJM 9355 1917 R Free Asia via Saipan. CC mx, CC 333 14/05 WG 9395 0328 WRMI, Okeechobee FL, USA. EE talk 252 13/05 AB 9400 1545 Isle of Music via Bulgaria. Classical mx 252 12/05 SHo 9400 1740 Overcomer Ministry via Bulgaria. Brother Stair, religion, OM EE 544 01/05 DH 9405 1657 R Taiwan Int. Discussion in EE, contact info, schedule 322 09/05 AM 9410 1815 BBC WS via UAE. News about Turkey in EE 333 06/05 AM 9410 1842 BBC WS via UAE Report on Barcelona v Liverpool, EE 252 07/05 SHo 9410 2109 BBC WS via Ascension. OM presenter, EE 252 04/05 SHo 9420 0121 VO Greece. Greek mx, OM vocalist, more mx, listenable 333 27/04 VEH*

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9420 1430 CNR 13, China. OM anns, mx clips, ads in CC, px in Uighur 433 09/05 VEH* 9420 1500 CNR 13, China. Uighur anns, time signals, music 354 02/05 AB 9420 1825 VO Greece, Avlis. Greek interview, beautiful folksongs 555 06/05 APD 9420 1905 VO Greece, Avlis. OM with Greek mx, , Greek 555 10/05 WG 9420 2112 VO Greece, Avlis. Local YL singer 455 04/05 SHo 9425 1910 VO Korea, N Korea. OM with GG talk & regional nx 343 05/05 MLF 9430 2005 VO America via Botswana. OMs with EE talk, ID at 2005 343 05/05 MLF 9435 1437 VO Korea, N Korea. YL anns in FF, mx pieces, audio distortion 444 13/05 VEH* 9435 1439 VO Korea, N Korea. Band and marching mx, OM in FF, soloist 434 09/05 VEH* 9445 2202 All India R. News, OM in EE 544 07/05 DH 9450 1400 R Japan via Uzbekistan. ID, open anns, music, news, EE 352 15/05 AM 9450 1444 Furusato No Kaze via Taiwan. OM and YL with JJ talk, pop mx 333 09/05 VEH* 9470 1450 CNR 1 jammer, China. Blocking co-ch VOA, talk in CC, QRN 443 24/04 VEH* 9470 1625 Furusato no Kaze via Taiwan. JJ px, mx, sign off at 1630 333 03/05 FB 9475 2305 WTWW, Lebanon TN, USA. OM with homily, QRN, QSB, EE 232 17/05 VEH* 9480 1628 CNR 1 jammer via UNID. IS, jamming RFA in Uighur via Kuwait 243 10/05 MLF 9490 1617 AWR via Armenia. Hymn, religious talk, QTH, ID in EE 333 09/05 AM 9505 0300 WHRI, USA. Px in EE, at 0328 in RR also 12/05 (ex 7385) 252 05/05 RP 9505 1755 VO Africa, Sudan. Local mx, anns, GTS 27 seconds late! 141 13/05 DJM 9510 0804 IRRS via Romania. OM pop mx, QSL received 11/05, EE/GG 433 04/05 WG 9510 0825 IRRS via Romania. OM with EE commentary & pop mx/sx 343 11/05 MLF 9510 0831 IRRS via Romania. OM with mx, ID, 0900 s/off, GG 344 11/05 WG 9510 1110 IRRS via Romania. Talk on IRRS/Nexus, OM in EE 333 28/04 DH 9515 1634 KBS World R, S Korea. YL and OM with discussion in EE, song 343 09/05 AM 9515 1640 KBS World R, S Korea. OM & YL with EE comm & pop 343 10/05 MLF 9525 0255 Denge Welat via Issoudun. S/on, Hymn, px in Turkish 252 21/05 RP 9540 1622 IBRA R via Armenia. OM & YL with Amharic talk/sx/mx 343 26/04 MLF 9550 0500 Bible Voice via Nauen. Day of Decision px in EE 555 05/05 RP 9565 2316 R Marti, USA. OMs with SS talk on baseball, humourous talk 555 23/04 VEH* 9580 0114 China R Int. Talk on climate change initiatives, censorship, EE 555 27/04 VEH* 9580 1425 KNLS, Alaska, USA. Pop mx, YL anns, web info, contacts, EE 544 16/05 VEH* 9580 1427 KNLS, Alaska, USA. Religious talk, “Focus On The Family”, EE 444 10/05 VEH* 9580 1618 AWR via Sri Lanka. Hymn, religious talk, QTH, ID in EE 343 09/05 AM 9580 1624 AWR via Sri Lanka. EE YL, QSL info 252 05/05 DJM 9580 1624 AWR via Sri Lanka. OM with EE religious talk 243 04/05 MLF 9580 1625 AWR via Sri Lanka. Contact details, OM in EE 333 16/05 DH 9600 1900 Follow the Bible via Ascension. EE // 11660 252 19/05 RP 9605 0105 KBS World R via WHRI. OM anns with nx, YL anns 555 27/04 VEH* 9610 0906 AWR via Nauen. Italian, Sundays only 555 05/05 DJM 9610 0919 AWR via Nauen. OM talk, mx, Italian 333 19/05 WG 9610 1927 R Romania Int. YL with SS ID & talk 444 20/05 MLF 9620 1920 R Sultanate of Oman. OM with AA talk/sx, ex 15140 343 20/05 MLF 9630.3 2355 R Aparecida, Brazil. Religious talk in PP, ID, anns 242 13/05 AM 9635 0800 R Mali. Sign on, religious px in Bambara, local songs 242 28/04 FB 9635 1743 R Mali. Song, talk in VV mentioning Bamako, ID, close 322 09/05 AM 9645 0902 Vatican R. OM with Romanian liturgy px 343 25/04 MLF 9650 0800 VO Korea, N Korea. JJ px, IS, IDs (Guinea off) 252 02/05 FB 9650 1829 R Guinee, Guinea. Lively W African songs, best in USB 333 22/04 AM 9660 1601 R Taiwan Int. OM with CC talk, IS & off 1600 242 25/04 MLF 9675 1432 China R Int. YL anns in RR, heavy QRN, steep QSB, RR 232 14/05 VEH* 9675 1454 China R Int. Pop mx in EE, OM vocalist, YL anns in RR, off 1457 444 09/05 VEH* 9675 1920 BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. OM with Turkish talk, ID at 1920 343 05/05 MLF 9675.04 1919 BSKSA, Saudi Arabia. Talk about Ramadan, strong 453 07/05 TW* 9680 1600 Missionwerk Friedensstimme, Nauen, Germany. RR religious px 353 11/05 AB 9685 1522 Nippon no Kaze via Taiwan. Pop mx, YL anns, contact info, KK 343 16/05 VEH* 9689.8 1641 VO Nigeria. Contact details, praise for Nigerians, ID 333 17/05 AM 9690 1449 R Exterior Espana. OMs sport px with Football comm, SS 544 04/05 WG 9690 1917 Madagascar World Voice, Mahajanga. RR religious px 353 18/05 AB 9690 2305 R Exterior de Espana. Roundtable discussion, OMs & YLs, SS 333 23/04 VEH*

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9695 0800 KNLS, Anchor Point AK, USA. Sign on with IS, EE px 151 08/05 FB 9705 2009 Vatican R. OM with nx px on Uganda, ID 444 02/05 WG 9705 2017 Vatican R. Message of Divine mercy, OM in EE 554 28/04 DH 9720 1635 BBC WS via Madagascar. OM with Kinya-rwanda talk & ID 343 26/04 MLF 9720 1714 R Erena via Sofia (pres). Tigrinya, many IDs, Sats only 555 18/05 DJM 9730 1630 3 stations rumbling: VOV, CRI & one UNID on 9729.8 211 13/05 RP 9730 1645 VO Vietnam, Sontai. RR px 422 03/05 AB 9740 1648 KBS World R, S Korea. OMs with KK discussion 343 10/05 MLF 9745 0555 BBC WS via Austria. OMs with Hausa talk, ID at 0600 & off 444 27/04 MLF 9750 1505 R Japan, Yamata. JJ px, news by YL 242 03/05 FB 9760 1523 KNLS, Alaska, USA. OM in CC, monologue, pop mx, YL talk 444 08/05 VEH* 9795 1540 KSDA, Agat, Guam. Korean px, religious mx 333 03/05 FB 9810 1804 Bible Voice via Austria. Religion OM in EE 444 16/05 DH 9810 1901 Koode R Int via France. Local mx & OM with Fulfulde ID, talk 242 28/04 MLF 9820 1605 China Business R. OM with CC talk, abruptly off at 1605 343 25/04 MLF 9820 1802 KBS World R via Woofferton. RR news 555 04/05 AB 9820 1932 VO America via Thailand. OMs with Kurdish discussion 343 05/05 MLF 9820 2153 CNR 2, Xianyang, China. Mx, OM talking, CC 443 10/05 RJH 9830 1820 Deutsche Welle via Sao Tome. OM & YL anns in VV 433 09/05 WG 9830 2202 VO Turkey. World news, OM in EE 554 12/05 DH 9840 1533 VO Turkey. OM with sport px and anns, 1613 s/off, VV 544 04/05 WG 9845 1917 MWV New Life Station, Madagascar. RR religious px 454 11/05 AB 9845 1937 MWV New Life Station, Madagascar. OM anns, mx, off TOH, RR 332 07/05 WG 9855 1937 VOIRI, Iran. OM with EE talk about Israel & Palestine 343 05/05 MLF 9855 1939 VOIRI, Iran. US relations with Iran, OM in EE 544 08/05 DH 9855 1947 VOIRI, Iran. OM with nx, Trump populism, EE 544 14/05 WG 9860 1640 CNR 1, China. OM with CC commentary & YL local sx/mx 343 26/04 MLF 9860 2019 VOIRI, Iran. Flotation of ARAMCO, OM in EE 544 28/04 DH 9875 1943 VO Korea, Kujang, N Korea. EE px, music 554 18/05 AB 9885 2020 BBC WS via Ascension. Interview? Hausa 232 26/04 RJH 9900 1635 BBC WS via Tajikistan. Korean px, news // 9615 7355 242 04/05 FB 9900 1646 BBC WS via Tajikistan. YL with KK talk 243 26/04 MLF 9910 1804 R Pilipinas, Philippines. Electrification projects, EE/Tagalog 322 06/05 AM 9920 1557 FEBC, Bocaue, Philippines. RR religious px 354 11/05 AB 9920 1649 RFE/RL via Thailand. OM & YL with Uzbek talk, ID, ex 9904 344 26/04 MLF 9920 1846 R Thailand. Pop mx, , ID as “HSK9”, OM TOH s/off, EE 554 09/05 WG 9920 1919 R Thailand. YL with business news, EE 444 07/05 JCa 9920 1945 R Thailand, Udon Thani. EE ads, Thailand Magazine 454 18/05 AB 9920 1945 R Thailand. EE, Newshour then ID 444 05/05 MLF 9920 1949 R Thailand. Wx, ID, EE 544 26/04 RJH 9920 2040 R Thailand. Talk about rabies plan, EE 444 12/05 CS 9940 1950 TWR via Swaziland. YL with FF sx, OM ID & off 444 05/05 MLF 9940 2005 TWR via Swaziland. Lingala service, IS & close 333 26/04 RJH 9950 1641 T8WH, Palau. “This is World Harvest Radio” 433 05/05 DH 9955 2248 WRMI, USA. Mx, OM anns, station ID, heavy QRN, QSB, EE 333 15/05 VEH* 9970 1600 CNR 1, China. CC // 6075 5080 11710 & others 252 07/05 RP 9990 1423 Sound of Hope via Taiwan. OM and YL anns, mx b/gr, talk, CC 434 13/05 VEH* 10000 0612 WWVH, Kekaha, Hawaii, USA Time signal, YL voice 141 07/05 FB 10051u 2222 Gander, Canada. Aviation wx, OM in EE 433 07/05 DH 11100.1 1600 Sound of Hope, Taiwan. CC, IDs by YL // 11150 11070 10960 252 07/05 FB 11560 1644 All India R, Bangalore. RR px 555 03/05 AB 11600 1457 Overcomer Ministry via Bulgaria. Religious broadcast, EE 353 13/05 SHo 11600 1536 Overcomer Ministry via Bulgaria. The Pat of the Lord, EE 433 01/05 SC 11600 1541 Overcomer Ministry via Bulgaria. OM with religious talk, EE 332 15/05 JCa 11600 1616 Overcomer Ministry via Bulgaria. Bro Stair, religion, OM in EE 554 05/05 DH 11610 0016 WEWN, USA. Discussion of supernatural causes, ID, EE 544 27/04 VEH* 11610 1900 VO America via Woofferton. OM with Amharic ID & close 343 18/05 MLF 11630 1223 CNR 17, Lingshi, China. Kazakh, RR lesson 353 18/05 AB 11635 1910 VO Korea, N Korea. YL with marching mx, QRN, EE 332 15/05 WG

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11635 1943 VO Korea, N Korea. EE px, music 353 18/05 AB 11640 2018 China R Int via Mali. Radio drama in EE // 13630 353 06/05 AM 11645 1555 VO Korea, N Korea. YL anns, mx, 1558 s/off with ID, AA 333 18/05 WG 11670 2257 R Havana Cuba. YL anns, ID at TOH, freq anns, mx, SS 555 23/04 VEH* 11680 0010 KCBS, Pyongyang, N Korea. YL choral singing, heavy QRN, VV 434 27/04 VEH* 11710 1526 VO Korea, N Korea. Mx, instrumentals and soloists, YL in EE 444 08/05 VEH* 11725 2112 R New Zealand Int. Wx report, islands forecast, YL anns, EE 444 17/05 VEH* 11730 0535 R Japan via Issoudun. FF px, news, ID 343 08/05 FB 11745 0020 R Al-Azm, Saudi Arabia. OMs with AA discussion 242 20/05 MLF 11750 1647 SLBC, Sri Lanka. OM, mx melody on drums and pipes, ID, VV 433 19/05 WG 11780 2015 RN da Amazonia, Brazil. Music, discussion, song in PP 252 09/05 AM 11780 2036 RN da Amazonia, Brazil. Discussion, mx, PP 333 26/04 RJH 11780 2349 RN da Amazonia, Brazil. Soccer game commentary, ID TOH, PP 444 15/05 VEH* 11810 2109 BBC WS, Woofferton, UK. OM presenter, EE 252 04/05 SHo 11815 1401 China R Int. OM with nx px, Roundtable, Russian crash, ID, EE 443 06/05 WG 11815 1418 R Japan. OMs and YLs with conversation, humour, pop mx, JJ 444 18/05 VEH* 11815 1438 R Japan. OM and YL anns, pop mx in JJ, conversation, QSB 444 10/05 VEH* 11830 1808 Dandal Kula R Int via Issoudun. YL with anns, ID @ 1810, VV 333 17/05 WG 11850 1718 R Romania Int. OM with talk about politics, EE 555 13/05 JCa 11855.7 2127 R Aparecida, Brazil. Religious talk, PP 222 10/05 RJH 11860 1930 Rep of Yemen R via Saudi Arabia. OM with talk, ID @ BOH, AA 333 15/05 WG 11860 2016 Rep of Yemen R via Saudi Arabia. OM with AA comm & mx 242 20/05 MLF 11880 1427 China R Int via Cuba. Heavy QRN, YL anns with culture px, EE 232 14/05 VEH* 11880 1444 China R Int via Cuba. OM and YL with roundtable talk, costs, EE 555 10/05 VEH* 11880 1510 China R Int via Cuba. Interview, OM and YL with roundtable, EE 333 24/04 VEH* 11885 0800 KNLS, Anchor Point AK, USA. Sign on with IS, CC px 242 27/04 FB 11885 1917 Madagascar World Voice, Mahajanga. RR religious px 555 04/05 AB 11910 2242 R Japan. OM and YL with conversation, slow steep QSB, mx, JJ 444 23/04 VEH* 11915 1245 China Business R, Xianyang. CC talk and song // 9620 11835 252 06/05 APD 11930 1435 R Marti, USA, OMs with conversation, Mike Oldfield nx, SS 333 15/05 VEH* 11930 2050 R Marti, USA. Discussion/phone-in? SS 433 26/04 RJH 11930 2254 R Marti, USA. OM with talk, sports? Adj-ch QRM from RHC, SS 555 23/04 VEH* 11930 2345 R Marti, USA. OM anns in conversation, heavy QRN, SS 444 15/05 VEH* 11945 1109 BBC WS via Kranji. OM presenter, EE 252 12/05 SHo 11945 1708 R Japan via France. OM with rock & roll mx, Chuck Berry, ID, JJ 222 18/05 WG 11945 1712 R Japan via France. Retro songs, The Beatles, JJ 252 09/05 RP 11950 0730 PBS Xizang, Lhasa, Tibet. CC px, clear ID 242 28/04 FB 11950 1622 Vatican R. Refugees in Bulgaria, OM in EE 433 05/05 DH 11950 2235 R Havana Cuba. On unusual freq, overdriven audio – v bad, SS 544 23/04 VEH* 11950 2303 R Havana Cuba. OM anns, news at TOH, MOS interviews, SS 555 15/05 VEH* 11955 1416 China R Int. OM and YL anns, mx in b/gr, interview, Indonesian 444 13/05 VEH* 11965 1906 MWV R Feda, Madagascar. OM & YL with AA talk 444 18/05 MLF 11965 2049 African Pathways R via Madagascar. Alcoholism, OM in EE 444 29/04 DH 11980 1353 China R Int. Mx followed by CC/EE lesson, paying bills, QRM 333 13/05 VEH* 11985 1910 R Algerienne via France. YL with FF talk // 12060 343 18/05 MLF 11990 0847 R Romania Int. Romanian folk mx, Sundays only 455 05/05 DJM 12015 1652 VO Korea, N Korea. OM with KK mx, opera & band, YL anns, GG333 12/05 WG 12030 1514 R Exterior Espana, Noblejas. SS talk 243 28/04 SHo 12035 1424 Deewa R via Thailand. OMs with animated conversation, Pash. 343 18/05 VEH* 12045 1415 VO America via Thailand. News in Korean, clips in EE, missiles 545 10/05 VEH* 12045 1442 VO America via Thailand. YL anns in KK, heavy QRN/QSB, poor 232 15/05 VEH* 12050 1912 R Ndarason via Woofferton. YL with Kanuri ID, YL talk 343 18/05 MLF 12050 2220 WEWN, USA. OM with pres children’s songs in SS, OM anns 545 23/04 VEH* 12055 1758 VO America via Thailand. Somali service, s/off in EE 1800 333 11/05 RJH 12060 1903 R Algérienne via Issoudun. FF, news, “Sahel actualités” 333 06/05 FB 12065 1330 BBC WS via Singapore. ID, nx, EE 222 25/04 RJH 12095 2026 BBC WS via Ascension. Report on Indian elections, EE 252 06/05 SHo 12095 2045 BBC WS via Ascension. Item about women in India, EE 544 10/05 RJH 12120 1335 FEBC, Bocaue, Philippines. YL anns, 1336 ID, Violin mx, Bur. 322 05/05 WG

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12120 1830 R Pilipinas, Philippines. YL with Filipino comm/sx/mx 343 28/04 MLF 12160 1518 TWR via Uzbekistan. YL with Gujarati ID at s/on 333 26/04 MLF 12160 1543 WWCR 2, USA. CSC Talk Radio with Beth Ann, ads, EE 333 08/05 VEH* 13089u 2158 USCG, Chesapeake, USA. Maritime wx, OM in EE 433 07/05 DH 13264u 1940 Shannon Volmet, Ireland. YL faint voice at this time 252 05/05 TW* 13270u 2222 Gander, Canada. Aviation wx, OM in EE 433 07/05 DH 13575 1217 China R Int. Mx, very good signal, ID, RR 554 11/05 SC 13600 0301 R Sultanate of Oman. ID “Idaatu Sawto Oman”, Ramadan px, AA 322 21/05 RP 13605 1505 R Marti, USA. OM with news and comm, heavy QRN, QSB, SS 433 25/04 VEH* 13610 1240 CNR 1, Nanning, China. CC talk // 11710 (252) 11925 (253) 353 06/05 APD 13635 0904 VO Turkey. YL & OM, Turkish mx, , 0914 ID, VV 443 06/05 WG 13635 1212 VO Turkey. Football, very slight noise, ID, Turkish 544 11/05 SC 13640 1500 China R Int. Station anns and news, EE 253 13/05 SHo 13640 2221 China R Int. OM and YL with JJ talk and comm, ID, contact info 444 23/04 VEH* 13650 2335 R Japan. YL hosts, mx, singing, roundtable, noisy, Vietnamese 322 15/05 VEH* 13660 1700 Alameda Bible Fellowship via Issoudun. Bible readings, EE 344 29/04 DK 13660 1842 BBC WS, Woofferton, UK. Report on Barcelona v Liverpool, EE 252 07/05 SHo 13670 1300 China R Int. Drama, biography, EE 555 01/05 DC* 13680 1435 R Japan via France. OM with Farsi talk 343 10/05 MLF 13680 1618 VO Hope Africa, Zambia. Religion by OM in EE 333 05/05 DH 13680 1650 VO Hope Africa, Zambia. EE, religious talk, ID, QRGs at 1700 353 18/05 DJM 13680 2210 R Japan. OM with anns in JJ, heavy QRN, shallow QSB, poor 232 17/05 VEH* 13680 2213 R Japan. OM and YL anns, long monologues, comm, wx, JJ 555 23/04 VEH* 13695 0820 R France Int. OM with FF talk 343 25/04 MLF 13695 1432 All India R. YL with nx & anns, QRN, , 1435 ID, pop mx, EE 333 06/05 WG 13700 1420 R Havana Cuba. Pop mx, jazz, moderate QRN/QSB, anns, SS 444 14/05 VEH* 13700 1455 R Havana Cuba. OM anns, difficult listening, heavy QRN, SS 333 10/05 VEH* 13710 0711 China R Int. Talk on the economy, EE 444 08/05 CS 13710 1200 Missionwerk Friedensstimme, Nauen, Germany. RR religious px 544 18/05 AB 13750 1120 R Romania Int. Visit Romania px, EE 444 01/05 CS 13750 1142 R Romania Int. Through the Looking Glass, ID, EE 444 11/05 SC 13760 1208 VO Turkey. Pop mx, good, slight noise, ID, GG 444 11/05 SC 13760 1344 VO Korea, N Korea. Light music, YL in EE // 15245 333 19/05 DH 13760 1346 VO Korea, N Korea. Patriotic songs, anns, EE/Korean 434 15/05 AM 13760 1603 China R Int. World news, OM in EE 544 02/05 DH 13795 0636 VOIRI, Sirjan, Iran. YL with Hausa talk 242 11/05 MLF 13800 1000 CNR1 jammer, China. Ads, ID, jamming R Free Asia in Tibetan 333 28/04 FB 13800 1535 HCJB, Nauen, Germany. RR religious px 555 03/05 AB 13810 1515 CNR 1 jammer, China. Over R Free Asia, OMs talk, mx, CC 433 16/05 VEH* 13810 1535 CNR 1 jammer, China. OMs with talk in CC, over RFA co-ch 444 08/05 VEH* 13820 1456 Deewa R via Kuwait. OM with Pashto talk, ID at 1450, off 1456 343 10/05 MLF 13820 1820 R Algerienne via France. OM with AA chants 343 28/04 MLF 13830 1704 Vatican R. FF news, ID at 1706 454 11/05 DJM 13845 1450 WWCR, Nashville TN, USA. Brother Stair, rel harangue, poor,EE 232 15/05 VEH* 13845 1600 WWCR, Nashville TN, USA. Relay of Brother Stair 242 26/04 MLF 13845 2039 WWCR, Nashville TN, USA. Religious talk, EE 443 10/05 RJH 13845 2355 WWCR, Nashville TN, USA. OM preacher with sermon, EE 333 26/04 VEH* 13870 1257 Sound of Hope, Taiwan. Mx to 1257, YL & OM CC commentary 343 19/05 MLF 14670 2120 CHU, Canada. TS, weak but listenable/useful, EE/FF 232 17/05 VEH* 15000 0759 BPM Pucheng, China. Time signal, CW ID 222 19/05 FB 15000 0759 WWVH, Kekaha Hawaii, USA. Time signal, YL voice, ID 222 19/05 FB 15100 2343 China R Int. YL with long talk, OM anns, YL with more talk, CC 555 21/04 VEH* 15120 2150 VO America, Greenville NC, USA. Multiple OMs talk, Bambara 555 17/05 VEH* 15130 1130 R Romania Int. Music Highlights px, EE 444 03/05 CS 15160 1256 R Romania Int. Moderate noise, ID, CC 433 18/05 SC 15165 1400 CNR 1 via UNID. OM & YL CC px, off 1400, jamming RFA 343 10/05 MLF 15180 1000 VO Korea, N Korea. EE px, ID, news 353 28/04 FB 15180 1415 RFE/RL via Wooferton. OM with Uzbek talk, ID at 1415 // 13630 243 10/05 MLF 15190 1809 R Pilipinas, Philippines. Sports news, ID, EE/Tagalog 343 06/05 AM

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Many thanks to all contributors this month – a very healthy selection of logs. Till next month, take care and 73s Stephen

Report from Turkey with Chris Greenway

Some notes on reception in Istanbul, which I visited last week:

FM : A total of 78 strong local signals were heard - all of the TRT and commercial outlets listed in WRTH 2019, plus many others. I was told that many or all of the stations are moving to the new and very tall (and very visible) transmission tower in the Asian half of the city.

The only foreign station on FM is CRI Turk FM, on 87.5.

Some Turkish TV channels relay their audio track on FM. One of these is TRT World (TRT's international English-language TV service) which has its audio on 106.8.

A niche station is Radyo Trafik, which specialises in airing calls from drivers reporting traffic jams.

Still going on FM (94.1 in Istanbul) is Turkish Police Radio (Turkiye Polis Radyosu), which older DXers may remember from past decades as a shortwave station (6340 and 7370).

Mediumwave : The only stations audible in the daytime are from abroad: 549 (Ukraine), 558 (Romania), 720 (Romania), 729 (Greece), 909 (Romania) 1332 (Romania), 1413 (Moldova - relaying Russia's Vesti FM).

Longwave : 153 Romania has a strong signal. The only other LW station audible during the day is 225 Poland, with noticeably better reception than in southern England, though its transmitter site is closer to London than to Istanbul, and the signal path from Poland to the UK is quite an easy one (across the North German Plain, the Low Countries and the North Sea). I see from its Wikipedia page that the Polish 225 transmitter has a directional aerial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solec_Kujawski_radio_transmitter (Chris Greenway, 6 May)

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with Axel Röse & Vick Haviland [email protected]

Freq UTC Station + details Date Contributor(s) 87.8 1820 The Rock 926 London. Reggae mx, ID. 13May DK 846 0100 R. North – SIO 555, 06.00, very strong on 18 th 114, 1626, 29, 30Apr SD 846 0600 R. North – SIO 444 27, 28Apr SD 981 0508 R. Star Country – SIO 211, news, weather, adverts 19Apr SD 1395 2002 R. Seabreeze AM – SIO 343 21Apr SD 1611 1036 R. Paradiso D, reports, SIO 353, 10.40 28Apr AR# 1611 2016 UNID, pop non stop (20 HR) ¨words, 20.18 20Apr NS 1615 2013 UNID, Annunid, Dutchmx.. DD 16Apr NS 1615 2032 UNID, pop non stop (20 HR) 20Apr NS 1625 1029 Z. Omega D, instrumental, report Digital, c/d 10.30, SIO 453 28Apr AR# 1629 1050 R. Spakenburg D, folk, reports, instrumental, c/d 10.58, SIO 454 28Apr AR# 1632 2033 R. Uniek – D, ID, Ann, hotline, pop, 20.35 1Apr NS 1635 2240 UNID – D, rock, pop, instrmx, (+2140+2035), Dutch(?) or pop, 22.48 1Mar NS 1635 2009 UNID. (3) annunid (=20.22), pop+instr mx (=2020). DD 6May NS 1635 2012 UNID. Popmx only (¨The wild one¨;¨back home¨), D/G mx , 20.21 12May NS 1635 2035 UNID. Annunid (=2035+2040), Dutch(?) or pop(?) mx, DD 2May NS 1635 2103 UNID Pop only (¨Lola¨, ¨Rock & Roll is king¨, ¨Block Buster¨, 21.21 8May NS 1638 2051 UNID. IDjingle, ann+IDunid, pop (2059; one way ticket), 21.29 9May NS 1640 2013 R. Barones . – D, Ann, pop+German mx 21Apr NS 1640 2034 UNID – D, AN, pop ¨MaggiMay¨, polka, 21.59 18Apr NS 1640 1024 UNID D, reports, pop, c/d 10.26 [Wegpiraat or Casablanca?] , SIO 353 28Apr AR# 1642 2129 R. Vrolijke Mijnwerker – D, AN, Hol(??) mx 17Apr NS 1645 2019 UNID – Dutch mx, polka, 20.24 22Apr NS 1645 2034 UNID – Pop ¨Baby Blue¨, Dutch mx, 20.45 5May NS 1645 2044 UNID – Dutch mx, polka, German mx, 20.52 15Apr NS 1645 2108 UNID German oldies nonstop, “Der Stern von Mykonos”, 21.10 1May NS 1646 2002 UNID – D, AN, ¨Sciffle¨ mx;¨Rock island line”, C&W mx, 20.25 25Apr NS 1646 2026 UNID. Annunid (=20.28), Dutch mx. DD 20Apr NS 1646 2031 UNID Annunid, hotline, Germanmx (=20.35). DD 27Apr NS 1646 2055 R. Vrolijke Mijnwerker – D, Dutch mx + German mx 17Apr NS 1646 2152 UNID Popmx(=21.52), Carrier only (21.54). DD 4May NS 1647 1016 R. Nachtzwerver D, reports, brass, c/d 10.21 +10.31, SIO 454 28Apr AR# 1648 2123 UNID No Ann, Pop, Dutch mx, German, brass, 21.52 8May NS 1652 2128 UNID. Annunid (=2135+21.48)+10unid, Dutchmx. DD 9May NS 1655 2025 UNID – D, AN, pop ¨Love hurts¨, ¨Baby¨, 20.51 12May NS 1655 2113 R. Vrolijke Mijnwerker – D, Dutch mx, Ann 17Apr NS 1656 1021 R. Arizona D, report, HF problems, Dschlager, c/d 10.24, SIO 453 28Apr AR# 1656 1220 R. Arizona D, greets, D/Gschlager, c/d 12.37, SIO 453 5May AR# 1656 1026 Z. Digital D, report Paradiso, brass, c/d, SIO 454, 1027 28Apr AR# 3930 1656 R. Mi Amigo – SIO 555 [old px via R. 319 ? –ed.] 8Apr SD 3930 1705 UNID – SIO 343 12Apr SD 5140 1939 Charleston Radio Int E, mx 1930s style, ID, SIO 333 8May WG 5780 1343 R. Harmony – SIO 555, very strong 19Apr SD 5780 1450 R. Harmony – SIO 555 22Apr SD 5800 1905 Zenith Classic Rock E, Rock, ID OM DJ, QSL, via IRL, SIO 444 17May WG 5800 2002 Zenith Classic Rock E, “the album show”, classic rock, SIO 343, 20.24 21May AR# 5815 0923 R. Caroline – SIO 555, very strong [via R. 319 ? – ed.] 19Apr SD 5815 0943 R. Mi Amigo – SIO 555 [via R. 319 ? – ed.] 20Apr SD 5815 1708 R. Veronica – SIO 454 [via R. 319 ? – ed.] 26Apr SD 5815 1014 R. Veronica – SIO 343 [via R. 319 ? – ed.] 27Apr SD 5820 1012 R. Caroline – SIO 555 [via R. 319 ? – ed.] 22Apr SD

52 5820 1408 R. Continental – SIO 555, c/d 16.14 13Apr SD 6205 0840 Laser Hot Hits – SIO 555, very strong, 10.28 13, 2022, 27Apr SD 6205 1305 Laser Hot Hits – SIO 555, 15.00 6, 7, 28Apr SD 6205 1652 Laser Hot Hits – SIO 555, very strong, 20.30 9, 11, 15, 19, 2426Apr SD 6205 1952 Laser Hot Hits E, OM, pop mx Retro Charts, ID, via IRL, SIO 544 10May WG 6205 0827 Laser H. H. Charts+Brexit chart. Also; 06May, 27Apr. EE 12May DN 6205 1900 Laser Hot Hits E, mellow pop, SIO 333, 20.00 21May AR# 6210 0830 King Shortwave – SIO 555, very strong 21Apr SD 6210 0943 King Shortwave – SIO 555 22Apr SD 6210 0910 King Shortwave – SIO 555 28Apr SD 6220 1720 Misti R. – SIO 555, very strong 19Apr SD 6230 0805 R. Casanova – SIO 555, very strong 21Apr SD 6230 1314 Coast FM – SIO 343 6Apr SD 6230 1242 Coast FM – SIO 555 7Apr SD 6230 1701 Coast FM – SIO 555, very strong, 20.35 11, 15Apr SD 6230 1028 Coast FM – SIO 555, very strong 13Apr SD 6240 1848 R. Cuckoo – SIO 544 26Apr SD 6240 1500 R. Kolibrie (tent) – SIO 555 22Apr SD 6255 1905 R. BZN E, BZN songs, SIO 343, 19.50 21May AR# 6255 1710 R. Casanova – SIO 555, very strong 19Apr SD 6255 0935 Misti R. (tent) – SIO 555, very strong 28Apr SD 6255 1944 R. Sunrise – SIO 444 20Apr SD 6266 1039 R. Black Panther – SIO 555 28Apr SD 6270 1950 R. 102 – SIO 555 20Apr SD 6270 1050 R. Altrex – SIO 444 28Apr SD 6270 1402 R. Quadzilla – SIO 555, very strong 22Apr SD 6270 0947 R. Scotland – SIO 555, very strong, c/d 09.50 21Apr SD 6275 0929 R. Quadzilla – SIO 555, very strong 28Apr SD 6275 0905 Quadzilla R . ¨Music of the 70ś¨ jingle. EE 5May DN 6280 1125 R. Batavia – SIO 555 28Apr SD 6280 1312 R. Rona Lisa – SIO 444 6Apr SD 6285 0753 R. 48 . Back to back oldies, ID with QRG. Multi 27May DN 6285 0820 Focus Int . Rock Mx, ID with Email. EE 12May DN 6285 1407 R. KR1 – SIO 555 22Apr SD 6285 1920 KR1 E, pop, greets chatters, rock, oldies, SIO 342, 19.50 21May AR# 6285 1558 R. Monique – SIO 555 13Apr SD 6285 0938 R. NMD – SIO 555, very strong 21Apr SD 6285 1653 UNID – SIO 454 27Apr SD 6285 1802 UNID E, loop "technical difficulties, please stand by", SIO 242, 18.25 25Apr AR# 6290 0849 Z. Freeport (Tent.). Smokey DJ. DD [Black Bandit tent –ed] 28Apr DN 6290 1842 Mustang Radio E, mx Chris Rea, ID @ 1844h OM DJ, SIO 555 17May WG 6290 0940 UNID – SIO 555, very strong 28Apr SD 6295 1826 Class 95 – SIO 555, very strong 20Apr SD 6295 1606 R. Fox 48 – SIO 343 13Apr SD 6295 1712 R. Joey E, OM, dance mx Bog Fat Spiritual, SIO 33 11May WG 6295 1838 Johnny Tobacco E, OM ID light mx, SIO 444 10May WG 6295 1330 R. KR1 – SIO 555 7Apr SD 6295 1718 Tripple L Radio E, OM ID 1719h & 1739h s/off, via Amsterdam, SIO 333 4May WG 6295 1439 R. Reflections Europe – SIO 555 7Apr SD 6295 1420 R. Reflections Europe – SIO 343 21Apr SD 6295 1359 R. Reflections Europe – SIO 555, very strong 28Apr SD 6295 1605 Reflections Europe E, OM nx, rel Pastor sermon, ID, SIO 333 12May WG 6295 1620 Stove Farmers From Holland , pop+schlagers. EE, DD 27Apr DN 6295 1020 UNID – SIO 555, c/d 10.25 20Apr SD 6300 1934 Blueman R. oldies, comedy, Finnish song, email, c/d 19.47, SIO 343 21May AR# 6300 1123 R. Rainbow – SIO 343 28Apr SD 6305 2007 R. Merlin Int. E, mx pop, ID @ 2009h, OM DJ talk, QSL, SIO 333 16May WG 6305 1636 UNID. Polkas+Folk mx. DD? [Black Bandit tent –ed] 27Apr DN 6306 2008 R. Enterprise – SIO 555 19Apr SD

53 6306 0919 R. 102 – SIO 555 28Apr SD 6318 1825 UNID , oldies non stop, SIO 242, 19.00 25Apr AR# 6320 1946 R. Sovereign – SIO 555, very strong 19Apr SD 6320 1612 R. Joey (tent) – SIO 555, c/d 16.14 13Apr SD 6324 2051 UNID D, OM DD pop , OMD, 22.10 s/off, SIO 444 [Ross R. tent? –ed.] 4May WG 6325 1738 R. Sovereign E, pop, 1739h ID, QSL via Dundalk IRL, SIO 333 6May WG 6330 1810 UNID. Music only heard here. ?? 27Apr DN 7725 1659 R Zeppelin , Greece. Ends prg w/ instrumental Greek mx SIO 252 9May RP

Radio Caroline Southampton Support Group – new venue The next meeting is on Wednesday June 2 6th at 7pm, at a new venu e, the Hamble Club, Hamble leRice about 3 miles from J8 of the M27 (not far from the old venue in Netley). More details: http://www.woodleyn et.co.uk/caroline/soton_ca roline.htm (via Mike Terry)

Radio Caroline’s fundraiser broadcast over the Easter weekend raised £24,525 in donations, around double the amount raised during their 2018 fundraiser. (AP)

The inaugural meeting of a new station sup port group met in Epping, Essex on May 7th at the Speak Easy Bar which has a Caroline theme. The Radio Caroline 648 Supporters Club is for the East Anglia area and will have regular meetings , including Caroline speakers, to raise funds for the Caroline ship Ross Revenge and the station itself. More details from organiser Dave Ward, email: [email protected] (Radio Caroline on Facebook via Mike Terry)

Felixstowe Museum reopened for the 2019 season on 21 st April and now has a special display remembering the town’s pirate radio past. Radio Caroline began broadcasting moored off Felixstowe in 1964. From June 1966 to August 14th 1967, tenders supplied the Caroline ship as well as Radio London and Radio England ships from Felixstowe. The museum display has been assembled by the Felixstowe & Offshore Radio Facebook Group and is part of a 1960s themed display. The museum shop has a small amount of Radio Caroline merchandise for sale. The museum is open 12pm5pm (last admission 4.30pm) on the following days: June, July & September : Wednesdays & Sundays. August: Wednesdays, Thursdays & Sundays . October : Sundays and Wednesday 23rd October (during halfterm). Adult admission £2 (c ash only). Museum is 2.5 miles from the town centre on Landguard Point, a ddress: Viewpoint Rd, Felixstowe IP11 3TW. Check website at: http://felixstowemuseum.org/ for directions (include No 77 bus from Ipswich an d foot ferry from Harwich & Shotley). (Ipswich24 magazine June 2019)

A British Pathé film crew left Felixstowe on the tender Offshore 1 for a 2 day film shoot on the Caroline ship in late summer 1965. They produced a 3 minute film, but this has had 7 minutes of outtakes skilfully added to produce this great record (in colour) of life aboard the MV Mi Amigo, available on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI7ZL76XPts (AP)

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AB Alexander Beryozkin Ozertitzy, Leningradskaya obl, Russia Zeus ZS1, ALA1530 AD Allen Dean Padham, Lancashire Eton Satellit 750 / 10m LW; Grundig S450 DLX AM Arthur Miller Llandrindod Wells, Powys JRC NRD 525, NRD 545, G5RV 40m long wire AP Alan Pennington Caversham, Berkshire AOR 7030+ / LW, Beverage , ALA1530, / Sony 7600GR ap Alan Pennington Longton, Lancs Sony 7600GR + telescopic, homemade loop APD Anker Petersen Skovlunde, Denmark AOR AR7030+, Bonit o RadioJet 1102S, 28m lw ARo Alan Roe Teddington, Middx Winradio G31,Elad FDM-S2,SDRPlay RSP/17m lw AR Axel Röse Neuss, Germany Lowe HF-150 & Loop Antenna AOR LA -320 #Twente SDR CB Chrissy Brand St Leonar ds -On-Sea, East Sussex Grundig Eton Executive Satellit, Skoda Citigo car radio CG Christian Ghibaudo, Tende, France CS Christopher Shorten Norwich, Norfolk Eton Satellit 750, 10m long wire DC David Crystal Ramat Zvi, Israel AOR AR7030 / long low wire DD David Duckworth Charlton--All-Saints, Wilts Philips 2935/LW, Blaupunkt car rx, GE Super adio III, Sangean PRD5 DH David Harris Emsworth, Hants Alinco DX-R8E, 15m lw, Wellbrook ALA 1500 loop DJM David J Morris Lytchett Matravers, Poole VW car radio and Yaesu FRG -100 with long wires DK Dave Kenny Caversham, Berkshire AOR 7030+/Wellbrook ALA1530 , 90m bev , LW, Sony XDR F1HD DN Dell Netherton St Austell, Cornwall Racal 1771 / LW, Sony XCR33 / Telescopic , VW car radio FB Franck Baste St Bonnet de Rochefort, France IC-756proIII, SDR Perseus /ALA1530, 2x10m Dipole HK Harald Kuhl Goettingen, Germany JA Jacques Augustin Rosay sous Bois, France JCa Jeff Canavan Berwick, Northumberland Eton Satellit 750mSony ICF-SW7600GR with telescopic KOD Kevin O'Daly Rickmansworth, Herts Sony 2001D MET Mike Terry Bournemouth, Dorset Eton E5,Yupiteru MVT7100, Eton mini 300, Ryland loop MLF Michael L Ford Newcastle -u-Lyme, Staffs TenTec RX340, NRD515, 85’ wire, Wellbrook 330ALA Loop NS Norbert Scheel Berlin, Germany Grundig-Satellit 3000, magnetic loop Grahn GS2 ML3 RC Russ Cummings North Ferriby , East Yorks AOR 7030+, 60 ft long wire RJH John Hammett Barnstaple, Devon AOR AR7030, Wellbrook1530 , MW loops w/Quantum Phaser RP Rumen Pankov Sofia, Bulgaria Sony ICF2001D & VEF201, Ant Folded Marconi 16m SB Steve Black Harlow, Essex Degen 1103, telescopic aerial SBL Steve Black Lowestoft, Suffolk Degen 1103, telescopic aerial SC Scott Caldwell Warrington, Cheshire Lowe HF225, Sony ICF2001D, Realistic DX394, Wellbrook loop SD Stuart Dobson Stone, Staffordshire Realistic DX300 / 40m LW SHo Simon Hockenhull Bristol Grundig Satellite 700, Grundig YB400 and Sony ICF SW7600GR sho Simon Hockenhull Bath University Vauxhall Corsa car radio TR# Tony Rogers Birmingham Various online SDRs as indicated (mainly in British Isles) TW* Tomoaki Wagai Wakayama, Japan Icom IC-7300, Diamond BB2M+RF systems GMDSS2 VEH* Vince Henley Anacortes, WA, USA Tecsun PL380, Drake R8B, ICOM IC -R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340 WG Will Grocott Stratford -Upon-Avon, Warks Icom RC-R8600, Wellbrook ALA 1530N loop

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Above Marco Antonio Montano on National Radio Huanoni. a Bolivian mining radio station, see the feature in this month’s issue by Martin Butera.

Below Bill Stevens sent us this photograph of his Pilot ‘Little Maestro’ T105, made around 1956. It is 4 valve superhet covering medium and long wave and looks to be in remarkably good condition.

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